L'Après

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L'Après ({{Literally|The Aftermath}}, a backronym for L'Association pour la République écologique et sociale, {{Literally|The Association for an Ecological and Social Republic}}) is a French left-wing political party. The party was founded on 12 July 2024 by dissidents from La France Insoumise (LFI), some of whom were deselected ahead of the 2024 French legislative election after over a year of feuding with LFI leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon.{{Cite web |last=Nelken |first=Sacha |title=Pour Corbière, Garrido et Autain «L’Après»-Mélenchon commence |url=https://www.liberation.fr/politique/pour-corbiere-garrido-et-autain-lapres-melenchon-commence-20240712_UDMGOGGMEFGQ5E3DTO574KD4UE/ |access-date=2024-07-16 |website=Libération |language=fr}}{{Cite web |date=2024-06-15 |title=Élections législatives : Quatennens investi par LFI, mais pas les historiques Garrido, Corbière et Simonnet |url=https://www.sudouest.fr/elections/europeennes/elections-legislatives-quatennens-investi-par-lfi-mais-pas-les-historiques-garrido-corbiere-et-simonnet-20138445.php |access-date=2024-07-16 |website=SudOuest.fr |language=fr-FR}}

History

The party was founded by Clémentine Autain, Alexis Corbière, Hendrik Davi, Raquel Garrido, and Danielle Simonnet; all but Autain and Garrido had been re-elected without the support of LFI, with Autain winning as an LFI candidate and Garrido being defeated by Aly Diouara, a miscellaneous left candidate endorsed by the New Popular Front. Guillaume Ancelet, president of Picardie Debout, also supported the movement and is on the party's board.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2024-07-12 |title=Les dissidents de La France insoumise lancent "L'après" leur mouvement à l'Assemblée nationale |url=https://www.nicematin.com/politique/les-dissidents-de-la-france-insoumise-lancent-l-apres-leur-mouvement-a-l-assemblee-nationale-933374 |access-date=2024-07-12 |website=Nice-Matin |language=fr}} Picardie Debout's sole MP, François Ruffin, declined to join, though Corbière claimed that Ruffin "sponsors" the party.{{Cite web |last=Taubret |first=Marceau |date=12 July 2024 |title=Les ex-frondeurs de La France insoumise préparent « L’Après » avec un nouveau mouvement |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.fr/politique/article/les-ex-frondeurs-de-la-france-insoumise-preparent-l-apres-avec-un-nouveau-mouvement_236830.html |website=Huffington Post}} The party also counts Montreuil deputy mayor Olivier Madaule as a supporter. Former La France Insoumise MP Pascale Martin, who was narrowly defeated at the 2024 election, also joined L'Après, resulting in her expulsion from LFI.{{Cite web |date=2024-07-15 |title=« Attitude déloyale » : les Insoumis de Dordogne réagissent à l’exclusion de Pascale Martin du parti |url=https://www.sudouest.fr/dordogne/perigueux/attitude-deloyale-les-insoumis-de-dordogne-reagissent-a-l-exclusion-de-pascale-martin-du-parti-20573677.php |access-date=2024-07-19 |website=SudOuest.fr |language=fr-FR}}

The founders of the party had been considering forming a new movement since the 2024 European Parliament election in France. The founders claim to have been excluded from LFI in an "undemocratic fashion" and that they were "[taking] matters into our own hands and contribute with all our strength to ensuring that the gathering of the left and the ecologists can grow and win in the country."{{Cite web |title=Autain, Corbière, Simmonet... Les dissidents LFI lancent une "nouvelle force politique" nommée L'Après |url=https://www.bfmtv.com/politique/autain-corbiere-simmonet-les-dissidents-lfi-lancent-une-nouvelle-force-politique-nommee-l-apres_AV-202407120365.html |access-date=2024-07-12 |website=BFMTV |language=fr}}

The party also claimed to be "in service of the New Popular Front," the left-wing coalition which includes LFI. L'Après was described by Public Sénat, quoting Simonnet, as "a collective open to all activists of the New Popular Front 'who are a little disoriented, and who are looking for a common home.'"{{Cite web |last=Becel |first=Rose Amélie |date=2024-07-12 |title=Nouveau Front populaire : les frondeurs de La France insoumise lancent leur mouvement |url=https://www.publicsenat.fr/actualites/politique/nouveau-front-populaire-les-frondeurs-de-la-france-insoumise-lancent-leur-mouvement |access-date=2024-07-12 |website=Public Sénat |language=fr-FR}}

At the announcement press conference, Corbière said that he would like to form a group with the French Communist Party and Ecologist Group, but that if a joint group was unfeasible, they would chose between the two. The party's MPs ultimately chose to sit with the Ecologist Group.