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I haven't looked into the details but it's such good news. Macron's plan seems foiled. It took such a menace to unite the left ! though I'd be very surprised LO or the PCF joined as well...
How tf is pro Russian extremists on either side potentially taking over France good news?
To my knowledge, while LFI (but in particular Jean Luc Melanchon, who REALLY isn't even the cards to be PM) is certainly anti EU and made ambiguous statements on Russia as well as other countries, these views haven't passed on to the Popular Front. They have been perfectly clear in their program that they in support of Ukraine over Russia, and that they would continue (and increase) sending weapons it's way. This was the red line of the socialists, who are right now the biggest party alongside LFI, and supported by a majority of the rest of the aliance (esp the Greens).
The Popular Front is Pro-Ukraine, and against Russia. Diplo wise, on the question of the EU, they have said they want to get rid of the CETA (which has been a demand of the Left for quite some time, with good reason), and that they are lukewarm on the EU electricity market (which was really disadventagous to France because our energy prod is cheap, but prices are driven up for no reason in an high-inflation context), but they are otherwise pro-EU (remeber! The Soc-dems and the greens are a big chunk of the alliance!)
It's unfortunate foreign media (but our medias do it too) present the Popular Front as a LFI++ that is 'just as bad as far right' when it's a moderate left alliance against fascism.
What's the front's position on Palestine-Israel? And taxes?
All parties in the Popular Front are generally pro-Palestinians (in particular, Macron's long-standing refusal to even acknowledge that Israel is doing any wrong has been particularly shocking to them, and a good chunk of the population).
In their program they say (translation by me from Le Monde's article):
As for taxes, there's a lot of stuff (and I'm not translating everything on mobile lol). A lot of it boils down to revertibg all the terribly unbalanced and unfair tax policies of Macron like:
They also said they want to add a tax on products depending on how much they travelled throughtout the world (to be produced, I imagine), condition company subsidies to their respect of environemental & social norms (esp fighting discrimination within companies). They also want to tax financial transaction (I'm supposing they mean this at a EU level with the big 'Tax the rich' petition), agro companies super profits.
On a related note, there are lots of stuff they want to do for the lower strada's budgets like:
(Holy shit this took me one hour to write, hopefully I didn't forget anything)
Why would they name him then? Is there a site that lists the major bullet points of their stances?
Who ? What ?
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2023/04/07/war-in-ukraine-the-french-left-s-impossible-consistency_6022080_4.html
The statement "Russia is a more reliable partner than the United States" was made well before the aggression, I think it's safe to say it doesn't hold today.
The other statement by JLM is "It is a matter of diplomacy rather than artillery fire" - I don't see how this is pro-russian.
The RN though, is literally funded by Russia. So if you want them beat (and you do), this unity is necessary.
LFI are hardly extremists. They're not revolutionaries, they're not communists, they're just socialists.
Do you have a more recent statement that goes the other way?
Here in Germany those tyep of people say "Frieden schaffen ohne Waffen!", meaning making peace without weapons. It's a pro Russia narrative that undermines Ukraine's sovereignty and its right to defend itself. The conditions for making peace are already known; Russia has to stop its aggressions and return to its internationally recognized borders. This isn't even debatable, but those people who scream for diplomacy over sending weapons think it is.
With pro Russia & anti EU stances I would very much categorize them as dangerous extremists. Especially with how important France is to the EU.
No, I don't have a more recent statement. Looks like I have somr reading to do. LFI's stance on Europe has always been too vague for comfort to me, perhaps it's time to settle this.
It's not your job to go look for those statements either, they can search for more information themselves and report back with their findings
I literally already did report back with what I found. You're just making excuses at this point to push your narrative.
Why be so antagonizing, this is a discussion
Absolutely, I meant some reading on the LFI's positioning about Europe, specifically. And perhaps JLM's own positioning within that, since he's not always in complete unison with the rest of the party. Wrt the statement from 2020, I consider it reasonable to say it doesn't apply today.
The PCF is in IIRC