By Antonis Anzoletos
The Disobedientthe Socialiststhe Ecologists and the Communistscome down together, by Jean-Luc Melanson, in the June ballot boxes and the backdrop to France it catches fire. Alexis Tsipras would like to achieve something like that, but the data show that a similar scenario in Greece looks like a utopia. The “third” round in France is expected to be even more interesting, as everything shows that 58.6% of Macron will not give him peace in the first months of his second term. Maybe he should have expected it since almost 2 million fewer French people voted for him than in 2017, the left though fragmented strengthened and the far right rose by 8 points.
The new agreement from the center and to the left shows how the risk of cohabitation is now more than visible. French publications remind how Jacques Chirac and Lionel Jospin from 1997 – 2002 they did not have an easy coexistence. In the difficult equation it must be taken into account that the leader of “Insubordinate France” has made it clear that wants to be the prime minister of the country.
Following the historic agreement reached during the week Le Monde was entitled: “The Socialist Party comes to an agreement with the Disobedient France, at the cost of division.” The two parties announced that they had joined hands in the run-up to the parliamentary elections, covering 70 constituencies. The Socialist leadership will have to apologize on its basis, not only for failing to get the 100 districts it requested, but also for the policies it will pursue. “We can and will defeat Emanuel Macron and we can do it with a governing majority for a radical program.” said o Adrien Catenans, a member of Melanson’s faction. And the radical program and collaborations are very reminiscent of the recent Political Decision of the SYRIZA Congress
Why does Melanson hope he will do well on June 12? Macron’s policies were disliked by the majority of the electorate and his victory is due to fears that Lepen could take the helm of the country. Inversely proportionally moves o Kyriakos Mitsotakis in Greece. Despite the pandemic and the wave of accuracy, SYRIZA failed to convince that it is ready to re-govern and until recently was found to be chasing a popular spring. Thus, the blue faction started to be pressured only recently, when the energy crisis has sent the electricity bills soaring.
Koumoundourou, however holds the alliance of progressive forces in France in order to use it as she thinks at the right time. He had done the same for her Spain and older for Portugal. The figures are not comparable, as in Macron’s country the two traditional forces of the right and the socialists have disappeared from the political map. However, Alexis Tsipras is expected in the next period and depending on the result of the French elections to invoke the accession of the Socialists to the alliance in order to pressure Nikos Androulakis. In Greece, of course, the main poles, ND and SYRIZA, are still the contenders for power and in the near future it will be seen if the third force, KINAL, will manage to break the monopoly that the two “big” have since 2015. However, as for the socialists in France, where the reactions inside are intense, so for KINAL the decision of coexistence will not be useless.
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