French leftwing parties form ‘Popular Front’ to contest

Socialists, Greens, Communists and France Unbowed to have joint platform with a candidate in every constituency

France’s four main leftwing parties have agreed to form a “Popular Front” (NPF) to contest the snap election, campaigning on a joint platform and fielding a single candidate in every constituency.

The Socialist party (PS), Greens, Communists, and France Unbowed (LFI) led by the hard-left firebrand Jean-Luc Mélenchon said they had reached agreement after several days of difficult talks and would present their manifesto later on Friday.