New Ecological and Social People's Union#Members

{{Infobox political party

| native_name = Nouvelle Union populaire écologique et sociale

| native_name_lang = fr

| abbreviation = NUPES

| colorcode = {{party color|Nouvelle Union Populaire écologiste et sociale}}

| logo = LogoNUPES.svg

| logo_alt = Logo of the New Ecologic and Social People's Union

| logo_size = 250px

| leader = Collective leadership

| founded = 1 May 2022

| dissolved = 10 June 2024

| successor = New Popular Front

| position = Left-wing{{cite news |last=Bloch |first=Michel |date=9 June 2022 |url=https://www.lejdd.fr/Politique/legislatives-voici-les-quatre-scenarios-possibles-au-soir-du-second-tour-4116510 |title=Législatives : voici les quatre scénarios possibles au soir du second tour |newspaper=Le Journal du dimanche |language=fr |access-date=13 June 2022 |quote=C'est sans aucun doute les élections législatives les plus indécises depuis l'instauration du quinquennat et l'inversion du calendrier électoral en 2002. Le premier tour de la présidentielle a révélé la présence de trois blocs dans le pays (un bloc macroniste de centre-droit, un bloc d'extrême-droite et un bloc de gauche).}}

| colours = {{ubl|{{color box|#503B86|border=silver}} Purple|{{color box|#de38b4|border=silver}} Pink|{{color box|#009666|border=silver}} Green|{{color box|#ebbe29|border=silver}} Yellow|{{color box|#BB1840|border=silver}} Red}}

| website = {{Official URL}}

| country = France

}}

The New Ecological and Social People's Union{{cite web |last=Xu |first=Xiaofei |date=2022-06-12 |title=French parliamentary elections overshadowed by low turnout |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/12/europe/france-parliamentary-elections-intl/index.html |access-date=2022-06-13 |website=CNN}}{{cite web |last=Quay |first=Grayson |date=2022-06-12 |title=10 things you need to know today: June 12, 2022 |url=https://theweek.com/us/1014315/10-things-you-need-to-know-today-june-12-2022 |access-date=2022-06-13 |website=The Week |language=en}} ({{langx|fr|Nouvelle Union populaire écologique et sociale}}, NUPES){{efn|{{IPA|fr|nypɛs}}, {{IPA|fr|nyp|}}, {{IPA|fr|nyps|}}}} was a left-wing electoral alliance of political parties in France.{{cite web |date=2 May 2022 |title=NUPES : que signifie le nouveau label d'union de la gauche pour les législatives ? |url=https://www.tf1info.fr/politique/elections-legislatives-2022-que-signifie-nupes-le-nouveau-label-d-union-de-la-gauche-de-melenchon-et-jadot-2218445.html |access-date=2 May 2022 |website=TF1 INFO}}{{cite web |date=3 May 2022 |title=French left 'a few steps' from broad alliance to counter Macron in parliamentary polls |url=https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20220503-french-left-a-few-steps-from-broad-alliance-to-counter-macron-in-parliamentary-polls |access-date=3 May 2022 |website=France 24 |language=en}} Formed on May Day 2022, the alliance included La France Insoumise (LFI), the Socialist Party (PS), the French Communist Party (PCF), The Ecologists (LE), Ensemble! (E!), and Génération.s (G.s), and their respective smaller partners.{{cite news |last=Stangler |first=Cole |date=13 May 2022 |title=The left has finally got its act together – in France. Watch out, Macron and Le Pen |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/may/13/france-left-macron-le-pen-jean-luc-melenchon |access-date=7 June 2022 |newspaper=The Guardian}}{{cite web |last=Caulcutt |first=Clea |date=23 May 2022 |title=Jean-Luc Mélenchon, the rabble-rouser leading the new French left |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/jean-luc-melenchon-rabble-rouser-leader-new-france-left/ |access-date=7 June 2022 |website=Politico}} It was the first wide left-wing political alliance since the Plural Left in the 1997 French legislative election.{{cite news |last=Thomas-Darbois |first=Lisa |date=1 June 2022 |url=https://www.institutmontaigne.org/en/blog/institut-montaigne-explainer-understanding-legislative-elections-france |title=An Institut Montaigne Explainer: Understanding Legislative Elections in France |publisher=Institut Montaigne |access-date=21 June 2022}} Over 70 dissident candidates who refused the accord still ran.

Per a press release,{{cite web |date=1 May 2022 |title=Accord entre la France insoumise et EELV |url=https://www.eelv.fr/accord-entre-la-france-insoumise-et-eelv/ |access-date=1 May 2022 |website=Europe Écologie les Verts |language=fr}} the union's founding goal for the 2022 legislative election was to deny Emmanuel Macron's Ensemble Citoyens on the centre-right a presidential majority in the National Assembly,{{cite web |url=https://www.france24.com/en/france/20220612-live-follow-our-special-edition-coverage-of-the-first-round-of-the-french-legislative-elections |title=Macron coalition, leftwing bloc neck and neck in first round of French elections |website=France 24 |publisher=Agence France-Presse |date=12 June 2022 |access-date=13 June 2022 |quote=The election 'confirms the fact that Ensemble (Macron's coalition) is now the centre-right,' says Mathieu Doiret of FRANCE 24's polling partners Ipsos, noting that the president's camp now draws most of its support from an elderly, centre-right constituency that previously voted for the mainstream conservative party, Les Républicains. Should Macron's coalition fail to win an outright majority, an alliance with the rump of the Républicains is the most likely outcome, Doiret added. 'We have a centre-right majority because elderly people hold the balance of power, because they vote twice as much as the young,' he said. 'That's why Angela Merkel stayed in power for so long in Germany and why Boris Johnson wins in the UK.'}}{{cite news |last=Kirby |first=Paul |date=13 June 2022 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-61777756 |title=French election: Left surge threatens Macron majority in France |publisher=BBC |access-date=15 June 2022}} and to also defeat the French far-right.{{cite web |date=2 May 2022 |title=Accord entre La France insoumise et EELV pour les prochaines élections législatives |url=https://lafranceinsoumise.fr/2022/05/02/accord-entre-la-france-insoumise-et-eelv-pour-les-prochaines-elections-legislatives-communique-de-presse/ |access-date=1 May 2022 |website=La France insoumise |language=fr}} EELV and LFI signed an agreement that had the alliance won a majority of seats, they would have put forward Mélenchon as prime minister of France for a cohabitation.{{cite news |url=https://www.lejsl.com/politique/2022/05/02/nouvelle-union-populaire-ecologique-et-sociale-que-sait-on-de-l-accord-lfi-eelv |title=' Législatives 2022. ' Nouvelle Union populaire écologique et sociale ' : que sait-on de l'accord LFI-EELV ? ' |newspaper=Le Journal de Saône-et-Loire |language=fr |date=2 May 2022 |access-date=20 June 2022}}{{cite web |last=Caulcutt |first=Clea |date=12 June 2022 |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/gains-for-france-hard-left-in-parliamentary-election-first-round/ |title=French far-left firebrand puts Macron's majority on the line in parliamentary vote |website=Politico Europe |access-date=15 June 2022}}{{cite news |last1=Kouvélakis |first1=Kouvélakis |last2=Palombarini |first2=Stefano |date=12 June 2022 |url=https://jacobin.com/2022/06/nupes-melenchon-government-european-union-neoliberalism-legislative-election |title=A Mélenchon Government Would Shake the Foundations of Neoliberalism in Europe |work=Jacobin |access-date=14 June 2022}} NUPES won the most seats outside of Ensemble, denying Macron a majority; at the same time, they underperformed expectations, only winning about 22% of the seats and 26% of the popular vote, while the far-right National Rally obtained its best result ever and became the largest parliamentary opposition group, due to NUPES being an electoral alliance.{{cite news |last=Amaro |first=Silvia |date=20 June 2022 |url=https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2022/06/20/frances-macron-loses-parliamentary-majority-economic-reform-agenda-at-risk.html |title=France's Macron loses parliamentary majority, putting his economic reform agenda at risk |publisher=CNBC |access-date=22 June 2022}}

In October 2023, the coalition's future was put in doubt when the Socialist Party voted a "moratorium" on its participation to the NUPES alliance following LFI leadership's refusal to qualify Hamas as a terrorist organization in the context of the Gaza war.{{cite news |date=18 October 2023 |url=https://www.rfi.fr/en/france/20231018-socialist-party-suspends-participation-in-france-s-left-wing-nupes-coalition |title=Socialist Party suspends participation in France's left-wing Nupes coalition |publisher=RFI}}

History

= Formation =

In October 2021, shortly before the 2022 French presidential election, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, the initiator of the coalition, launched the People's Union.{{Cite web |last=Nazaert |first=Arthur |date=16 October 2021 |title=Avec le lancement du mouvement l'Union populaire, Mélenchon est dans l'expérimentation |url=https://www.lejdd.fr/Politique/avec-le-lancement-du-mouvement-lunion-populaire-melenchon-est-dans-lexperimentation-4071916 |access-date=3 May 2022 |website=Le Journal de Dimanche |language=fr}} In December 2021, he announced the creation of a Parliament of the People's Union, which aimed to bring together personalities from outside La France Insoumise (LFI) in order to support its candidacy.{{Cite web |last1=de la Fontaine |first1=Alexis |last2=Leroux |first2=Solène |date=5 December 2021 |title=Présidentielle: pour son premier meeting, Jean-Luc Mélenchon lance son union populaire |url=https://www.europe1.fr/politique/presidentielle-pour-son-premier-meeting-jean-luc-melenchon-lance-son-union-populaire-4080812 |access-date=3 May 2022 |website=Europe 1 |language=fr}}

In the context of the 2022 French legislative election, LFI, the largest left-wing force in the presidential election, sought to unite the main left-wing parties around the banner of the New People's Ecological and Social Union.{{Cite web |last=Chadwick |first=Lauren |date=30 April 2022 |title=France's left-wing parties discuss possible parliamentary coalition |url=https://www.euronews.com/2022/04/30/france-s-left-wing-parties-discuss-possible-parliamentary-coalition |access-date=3 May 2022 |website=euronews |language=en}} Discussions were held with the Europe Ecology – The Greens (EELV) and the French Communist Party (PCF), which joined the coalition on 2–3 May 2022, respectively, while the Socialist Party (PS), after having reached an agreement to join the coalition on 4 May, voted to do so in its National Council on 5 May.{{Cite web |date=5 May 2022 |title=Le PS se prononce sur la Nupes, LREM change de nom, six milliards pour l'Ukraine.. L'actu de ce jeudi soir |url=https://www.liberation.fr/politique/elections/le-ps-se-prononce-sur-la-nupes-lrem-change-de-nom-six-milliards-pour-lukraine-lactu-de-ce-jeudi-soir-20220505_XJRVQHCEGFHIHEOIXV2QDLHMXQ/ |access-date=2022-06-05 |website=Libération |language=fr}}{{Cite web |date=2022-05-05 |title=Législatives 2022 : 'Nous sommes dans un espace politique qui est la gauche et nous n'en bougerons pas', lance Olivier Faure en conclusion du Conseil national du PS |url=https://www.francetvinfo.fr/elections/legislatives/direct-legislatives-2022-le-conseil-national-du-ps-doit-se-prononcer-sur-l-accord-avec-lfi-aujourd-hui_5119723.html |access-date=2022-06-05 |website=France Info |language=fr}} After that, the New Anticapitalist Party (NPA) announced it would not enter the coalition due to insurmountable ideological differences with the PS;{{cite web |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.fr/entry/accord-ps-lfi-fuir-npa-nupes_fr_6274b528e4b00fbab62c4813 |title=L'accord du PS avec LFI fait fuir le NPA de la NUPES |website=Le HuffPost |language=fr |date=6 May 2022 |access-date=16 June 2022}}{{cite web |last=Bourgeois |first=Marie-Pierre |date=6 May 2022 |url=https://www.bfmtv.com/politique/elections/legislatives/legislatives-le-npa-ne-signe-pas-avec-lfi-et-denonce-l-absence-de-circonscription-pour-poutou_AN-202205060227.html |title=Législatives: le NPA ne signe pas avec LFI et dénonce l'absence de circonscription pour Poutou |publisher=BFM TV |language=fr |access-date=16 June 2022}}{{cite web |url=https://www.france24.com/fr/france/20220506-d%C3%A9%C3%A7u-par-la-pr%C3%A9sence-du-ps-le-npa-refuse-de-rejoindre-l-union-de-la-gauche |title=Déçu par la présence du PS, le NPA refuse de rejoindre l'union de la gauche |website=France 24 |language=fr |date=6 May 2022 |access-date=16 June 2022}} it also said it would support the coalition's candidates that belonged to the radical left-wing.{{Cite tweet |number=1522329115126386688 |user=2022elections |title=🔴🗣 « Nous ne pouvons pas valider un tel accord incluant le @PartiSocialiste. » 👉 Dans un communiqué, le @NPA_officiel annonce ne pas être parvenu à un accord avec la @FranceInsoumise, mais soutiendra « les candidats de gauche de rupture de la #NUPES ».}} The Republican and Socialist Left (GRS) said it would negotiate its entry into the union.{{Cite web |date=2 May 2022 |title=Lettre aux camarades de l'Union Populaire |url=https://g-r-s.fr/lettre-aux-camarades-de-lunion-populaire/ |access-date=3 May 2022 |website=Gauche Républicaine et Socialiste |language=fr-FR}}{{Cite web |date=29 April 2022 |title=Création de la Fédération de la Gauche Républicaine |url=https://g-r-s.fr/creation-de-la-federation-de-la-gauche-republicaine/ |access-date=3 May 2022 |website=Gauche Républicaine et Socialiste |language=fr-FR}}

Two groupings of smaller left-wing parties reached out to the coalition seeking to start negotiations: the Federation of the Republican Left, composed of GRS along with the Citizen and Republican Movement, Engagement, Left Radicals, and the New Socialist Left, and the Social and Ecologist Rally, composed of Allons Enfants, Democratic and Social Left, Liberté Ecologie Fraternité, New Deal, and Together on Our Territories.{{Cite web |date=5 May 2022 |title=Législatives 2022 : les trois premiers chantiers qui attendent la Nupes après le rapprochement des principaux partis de gauche |url=https://www.francetvinfo.fr/elections/legislatives/legislatives-2022-les-trois-premiers-chantiers-qui-attendent-la-nupes-apres-le-rapprochement-des-principaux-partis-de-gauche_5119807.html |access-date=6 May 2022 |website=Franceinfo |language=fr-FR}}{{Cite web |date=28 April 2022 |title=Ensemble sur nos Territoires et le Rassemblement Social Ecologiste (RSE) soutient les efforts pour une union aux législatives. |url=https://ensemblesurnosterritoires.fr/ensemble-sur-nos-territoires-et-le-rassemblement-social-ecologiste-rse-soutient-les-efforts-pour-une-union-aux-legislatives/ |access-date=6 May 2022 |website=Ensemble sur nos territoires |language=fr-FR}} Failing to do so, the GRS and its allies announced its intention to run 100 candidates.{{cite news |last=Paris |first=Katy |date=17 May 2022 |url=https://www.ouest-france.fr/elections/legislatives/legislatives-2022-stephane-fouere-pour-la-gauche-republicaine-dans-la-premiere-circonscription-96fd68c8-d29c-11ec-8fd0-9941437d80ae |title=Législatives 2022. Stéphane Fouéré pour la Gauche républicaine dans la première circonscription |newspaper=Ouest-France |language=fr |access-date=16 June 2022}} On 20 May, New Deal announced that it was withdrawing its candidates and endorsing NUPES candidates around the country.{{Cite tweet |number=1527675644460646400 |user=2022elections |title=🔴 Dans un communiqué, le parti @Nouvelle_Donne apporte son « soutien actif » à la #NUPES pour Les élections législatives et annonce retirer ses 60 candidats.}}

= Expansion =

With the aim of a coalition agreement, EELV proposed changing the name People's Union to Popular and Ecologist Union, or People's Ecologist and Social Front.{{Cite web |last=Toussay |first=Jade |date=27 April 2022 |title=EELV veut avoir son mot à dire pour le nom de l'alliance avec LFI |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.fr/entry/legislatives-eelv-ne-veut-pas-du-nom-union-populaire-en-cas-daccord-avec-lfi_fr_62694a91e4b00b4e018669e4 |access-date=3 May 2022 |website=Le HuffPost |language=fr}} Shortly before 2 May, an agreement was concluded with EELV, under the common banner of the New Ecological and Social People's Union.{{Cite web |date=2 May 2022 |title=Législatives. Les écologistes rejoignent LFI pour une Union populaire |url=https://www.ouest-france.fr/elections/legislatives/legislatives-les-ecologistes-rejoignent-lfi-pour-une-union-populaire-45c8f5af-68a8-452d-97c1-d9ae36fc7e5c |access-date=3 May 2022 |website=Ouest France |language=fr}} The agreement provided for 100 constituencies out of 577 for the environmental bloc. EELV wanted the centers of the cities won in the 2020 French municipal elections. It obtained Bordeaux, Strasbourg, and Lyon, as well as the 3rd, 5th, 8th, and 9th constituencies of Paris.{{Cite web |title=Législatives 2022. 'Nouvelle Union populaire écologique et sociale' : que sait-on de l'accord LFI-EELV ? |url=https://www.leprogres.fr/politique/2022/05/02/nouvelle-union-populaire-ecologique-et-sociale-que-sait-on-de-l-accord-lfi-eelv |access-date=3 May 2022 |website=Le Progrès |date=2 May 2022 |language=FR-fr}} On 3 May, the PCF announced that it would join the coalition.{{Cite news |title=Le Parti communiste entérine un accord avec La France insoumise ; Emmanuel Macron investi pour un second mandat samedi : revivez l'actualité politique du 3 mai |language=fr-FR |work=Le Monde |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/elections-legislatives-2022/live/2022/05/03/legislatives-2022-en-direct-l-accord-entre-lfi-et-les-communistes-soumis-au-conseil-national-du-pcf-la-ceremonie-d-investiture-d-emmanuel-macron-aura-lieu-samedi_6124539_6104324.html |date=3 May 2022 |access-date=3 May 2022}} In its press release, the party said it would want to form a majority with its allies and that the PCF and LFI share "common pragmatic objectives".{{Cite web |date=3 May 2022 |title=Accord entre la France Insoumise et le PCF pour les prochaines élections législatives |url=https://www.pcf.fr/accord_entre_la_france_insoumise_et_le_pcf_pour_les_prochaines_lections_l_gislatives |access-date=3 May 2022 |website=Site Internet du P.C.F. |language=fr}}

The PS initially ruled out talks with LFI, before joining the talks on 27 April; the talks were again suspended on 29 April.{{Cite web |date=29 April 2022 |title=Législatives : le PS suspend les négociations avec LFI et attend plus de 'pluralité' |url=https://www.francetvinfo.fr/elections/legislatives/legislatives-le-ps-suspend-les-negociations-avec-lfi-et-attend-plus-de-pluralite_5109550.html |access-date=3 May 2022 |website=Franceinfo |language=fr-FR}}{{Cite web |date=3 May 2022 |title=Législatives 2022 : où en sont les négociations des partis de gauche avec La France insoumise ? |url=https://www.francetvinfo.fr/elections/legislatives/legislatives-2022-ou-en-sont-les-negociations-des-partis-de-gauche-avec-la-france-insoumise_5116000.html |access-date=3 May 2022 |website=Franceinfo |language=fr-FR}} The PS leader Olivier Faure negotiated with LFI in its headquarters on 2 May. A day later, Manuel Bompard, the negotiator for LFI, said that negotiations between the parties had been "difficult on merits and on the constituencies".{{Cite web |title=En direct – 'On ne continuera pas demain': Manuel Bompard veut clôturer les discussions avec le PS |url=https://www.bfmtv.com/politique/elections/legislatives/en-direct-vers-une-union-a-gauche-pour-les-legislatives-discussions-toujours-en-cours-entre-lfi-et-le-ps_LN-202205030067.html |access-date=3 May 2022 |website=BFMTV |language=fr}} On 4 May, the PS came to an agreement in principle with the coalition,{{cite news |last1=Berrod |first1=Nicolas |last2=Hollman |first2=Tom |last3=Rougerie |first3=Paméla |date=4 May 2022 |url=https://www.leparisien.fr/elections/legislatives-2022-toujours-pas-daccord-entre-insoumis-et-socialistes-suivez-notre-direct-04-05-2022-ZLEMNOKXHFHGRDTM6HH23WFONU.php |title=Législatives : l'accord avec LFI, 'c'est du rafistolage', estime Jean-Marc Ayrault |newspaper=Le Parisien |language=fr |access-date=16 June 2022}}{{cite news |last1=Ginter d'Agrain |first1=Ségolène |last2=Paturaud |first2=Jeanne |date=4 May 2022 |url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/politique/direct-legislatives-2022-les-negociations-se-poursuivent-entre-le-ps-et-les-insoumis-des-points-de-blocage-persistent-20220504 |title=Direct – Législatives 2022 : l'ex-premier ministre Bernard Cazeneuve annonce quitter le PS |newspaper=Le Figaro |language=fr |access-date=16 June 2022}} subject to a vote by the party's national council the next day.{{Cite web |date=4 May 2022 |title=Accord entre la France insoumise et le Parti socialiste pour les prochaines élections législatives – La France insoumise |url=https://lafranceinsoumise.fr/2022/05/04/accord-entre-la-france-insoumise-et-le-parti-socialiste-pour-les-prochaines-elections-legislatives/ |access-date=4 May 2022 |language=fr-FR}}{{Cite tweet |number=1521813737132408832 |user=2022elections |title=🔴 Le Bureau National du PS se réunira ce soir pour convoquer un Conseil National. Le Conseil National se tiendra demain, jeudi, à 19h, à Ivry et en visioconférence, pour valider (ou non) l'accord avec LFI.}}{{cite news |last=Bardy |first=Céline |date=6 May 2022 |url=https://www.ouest-france.fr/elections/legislatives/legislatives-apres-l-union-avec-la-france-insoumise-sentiments-meles-au-parti-socialiste-0c100d74-cd3d-11ec-bfe9-57254f4be77f |title=Législatives. Après l'union avec la France insoumise, sentiments mêlés au Parti socialiste |newspaper=Ouest-France |language=fr |access-date=16 June 2022}} The national council ratified the agreement on 5 May.{{Cite web |title=En direct – 'Tu nous insultes': tensions au Conseil national du PS entre des militants et Olivier Faure |url=https://www.bfmtv.com/politique/elections/legislatives/en-direct-legislatives-divise-le-ps-va-soumettre-au-conseil-national-l-accord-avec-lfi_LN-202205050091.html |access-date=5 May 2022 |website=BFMTV |language=fr}} After the PS was admitted, the NPA announced that it would not formally join the coalition but said it would support more radical left-wing NUPES candidates.

= 2022 French legislative election =

In the first round of the 2022 French legislative election, NUPES finished either second (per the Ministry of the Interior) or first (per Le Monde), slightly behind or ahead of Ensemble (25.75%–25.66% per the Ministry of the Interior and 26.1%–25.9% per Le Monde).{{cite news |date=13 June 2022 |title=Nupes ou Ensemble ! en tête aux législatives ? Les raisons de la divergence entre ' Le Monde ' et le ministère de l'intérieur |language=fr |work=Le Monde |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2022/06/13/legislatives-2022-nupes-ou-ensemble-en-tete-du-scrutin-les-raisons-de-la-divergence-entre-le-monde-et-le-ministere-de-l-interieur_6130066_823448.html |access-date=16 June 2022}} This was because some NUPES candidates had not had their affiliation registered by the Ministry of Interior,{{cite web |url=https://www.francetvinfo.fr/elections/elections-legislatives-2022-on-vous-explique-pourquoi-la-nupes-denonce-une-manipulation-des-resultats-par-le-ministere-de-l-interieur_5195032.html |title=Elections législatives 2022 : on vous explique pourquoi la Nupes dénonce une manipulation des résultats par le ministère de l'Intérieur |publisher=France Info |language=fr |date=13 June 2022 |access-date=16 June 2022}} which French media took in consideration.{{cite web |last1=Holroyd |first1=Matthew |last2=Khatsenkova |first2=Sophia |date=15 June 2022 |url=https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2022/06/15/france-elections-why-does-the-left-wing-alliance-want-a-first-round-recount |title=France elections: Why does the left-wing alliance want a first round recount? |website=Euronews |access-date=16 June 2022}} Four LFI candidates were elected in the first round, the most of any party or coalition, and 386 NUPES candidates qualified for the second round;{{cite news |date=13 June 2022 |title=Résultats des législatives 2022, en direct : Clémentine Autain et Julien Bayou (Nupes) en tête, les ministres Olivier Véran et Gabriel Attal qualifiés pour le second tour |language=fr |work=Le Monde |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/politique/live/2022/06/12/resultats-des-legislatives-2022-en-cas-de-duels-entre-la-nupes-et-le-rn-la-coalition-presidentielle-ne-donnera-de-consigne-de-vote-qu-au-cas-par-cas_6129894_823448.html |access-date=15 June 2022}}{{cite news |date=14 June 2022 |title=Législatives 2022 en direct – Le Pen vise 100 députés RN, Mélenchon agite le spectre de la TVA sociale, Macron appelle ' au sursaut républicain ' : la journée du 14 juin |language=fr |work=Le Monde |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/politique/live/2022/06/14/legislatives-2022-en-direct-allocution-de-macron-un-sketch-a-la-trump-pour-melenchon-ca-sent-la-panique-a-bord-selon-roussel_6130218_823448.html |access-date=15 June 2022}}{{cite news |date=15 June 2022 |title=Législatives 2022 en direct : Jean-Luc Mélenchon dénonce à nouveau le ' mépris ' d'Emmanuel Macron ; le chef de l'Etat ' assume ' ses déplacements en Roumanie et en Moldavie |language=fr |work=Le Monde |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/politique/live/2022/06/15/legislatives-2022-en-direct-emmanuel-macron-assume-ses-deplacements-en-roumanie-et-en-moldavie-malgre-les-critiques-de-jean-luc-melenchon_6130364_823448.html |access-date=15 June 2022}} of the over 70 dissident candidates, 15 qualified for the second round.

After the second round, NUPES was forecast to win 149 seats,{{cite web |url=https://www.france24.com/en/video/20220619-french-parliament-elections-new-popular-union-hq |title=French Parliament elections: 149 projected seats for Mélenchon's NUPES |website=France 24 |publisher=Agence France-Presse |date=19 June 2022 |access-date=19 June 2022}} resulting in a hung parliament and the loss of an absolute majority for Macron's Ensemble.{{cite news |last1=Hummel |first1=Tassilo |last2=Kar-gupta |first2=Sudip |date=19 June 2022 |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/macron-faces-tough-battle-control-parliament-france-votes-2022-06-19/ |title=Macron loses absolute majority in parliament in 'democratic shock' |publisher=Reuters |access-date=19 June 2022}} As NUPES was only an electoral agreement and each party is expected to form its own parliamentary group, it did not become the largest parliamentary opposition group.{{cite web |url=https://www.france24.com/en/france/20220619-live-france-votes-in-parliamentary-election-second-round |title=Macron's bloc falls short of absolute majority, leftist coalition second, large gains for far right |website=France 24 |publisher=Agence France-Presse |date=19 June 2022 |access-date=19 June 2022}} As with the first round, several news outlets, such as Le Monde, gave a different result as to the final seat count, with NUPES on 142 rather than 131 due to differences as to candidates, particularly in the French overseas constituencies, being classified as members of these alliances or not.{{cite news |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/les-decodeurs/article/2022/06/20/carte-des-resultats-des-legislatives-les-deputes-elus-circonscription-par-circonscription_6131057_4355771.html |title=Carte des résultats des législatives 2022: les députés élus, circonscription par circonscription |newspaper=Le Monde |language=fr |date=19 June 2022 |access-date=20 June 2022}}

= Electoral results and aftermath =

Depending on the method of calculation, NUPES won either 131 seats (according to the Ministry of the Interior) or 142 (according to Le Monde),{{efn|This discrepancy is because Le Monde counts deputies elected from overseas territories that were backed by NUPES but not formally part of the coalition as NUPES members, while the Ministry of the Interior only counts deputies elected from formal members of the coalition.}} enough to deny Macron's Ensemble Citoyens coalition a parliamentary majority and to form the formal opposition in Parliament. The coalition performed worse than most polls between the first and second round indicated, and the far-right National Rally (RN) gained 89 seats, its best result ever.

Fabien Roussel, leader of the PCF, said of the results: "[NUPES] didn't allow us to have a majority, and it didn't prevent the far right from making strong progress either, and that calls out to me, that questions me ... I can see that the alliance only speaks to part of France, to that of the big cities, and not to that of rurality." He also praised the alliance for having led the French Left to win far more seats than in the 2017 French legislative election.{{cite news |title=Résultats des législatives 2022, en direct: avec 89 députés, le Rassemblement national réalise une percée historique |language=fr |work=Le Monde |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/politique/live/2022/06/20/resultats-des-legislatives-2022-en-direct-avec-89-deputes-le-rassemblement-national-realise-une-percee-historique_6131004_823448.html#id-526640 |access-date=20 June 2022}}

The day after the election, LFI's Jean-Luc Mélenchon said the results were "disappointing" and called for a united NUPES parliamentary group, as no individual party in NUPES exceeded the 89 seats won by the RN, and official opposition could fall to the RN if NUPES was unable to form a larger parliamentary group.{{cite news |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/politique/live/2022/06/20/legislatives-2022-en-direct-christian-jacob-reaffirme-l-independance-de-lr-face-a-emmanuel-macron_6131159_823448.html?#id-528027 |title=Législatives 2022 Emmanuel Macron recevra, mardi et mercredi, les représentants des forces politiques qui ont vocation à former un groupe à l'Assemblée : revivez la journée du 20 juin |newspaper=Le Monde |language=fr |date=20 June 2022 |access-date=21 June 2022}} The leaders of EELV, PCF, and PS announced that they were opposed to a unified group in parliament.{{cite news |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/politique/live/2022/06/20/legislatives-2022-en-direct-christian-jacob-reaffirme-l-independance-de-lr-face-a-emmanuel-macron_6131159_823448.html?#id-528227 |title=Législatives 2022 – Emmanuel Macron recevra, mardi et mercredi, les représentants des forces politiques qui ont vocation à former un groupe à l'Assemblée : revivez la journée du 20 juin |newspaper=Le Monde |language=fr |date=20 June 2022 |access-date=21 June 2022}} Mélenchon said that he would not take part in talks with Macron for government, while leaders of two NUPES parties, the PS leader Olivier Faure and the PCF's Roussel, stated that they would do so.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-61874751 |title=France elections: Macron to meet rival parties after losing majority |publisher=BBC |date=21 June 2022 |access-date=21 June 2022}} LFI requested a vote of no confidence to be held on 5 July,{{cite news |last=Mallet |first=Victor |date=20 June 2022 |url=https://www.ft.com/content/da289aa2-cce9-488e-a575-6623119306e6 |title=French left threatens vote of no confidence against Macron's government |newspaper=Financial Times |access-date=22 June 2022}} but did not pass with only NUPES voting for it.{{cite news |url=https://www.euronews.com/2022/06/20/uk-france-elections-nupes |title=French left-wing bloc says it will put forward a no-confidence vote against Macron's government in July |website=Euronews |date=20 June 2022 |access-date=22 June 2022}}

Despite the formation of separate groups in the National Assembly, NUPES voted as a bloc to elect Éric Coquerel of LFI President of the Finance Committee, defeating candidates from RN and The Republicans. The post of President of the Finance Committee traditionally goes to the largest opposition group in parliament.{{Cite web |date=2022-06-30 |title=5 choses à savoir sur Eric Coquerel, nouveau président de la Commission des finances de l'Assemblée |url=https://www.tf1info.fr/politique/5-choses-a-savoir-sur-le-depute-lfi-eric-coquerel-president-de-la-commission-des-finances-de-l-assemblee-nationale-2224836.html |access-date=2022-06-30 |website=TF1 INFO |language=fr}}{{Cite news |date=2022-06-30 |title=Left Gets More Power to Disrupt Macron With Key Parliament Post |language=en |work=Bloomberg.com |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-06-30/left-gets-more-power-to-disrupt-macron-with-key-parliament-post |access-date=2022-06-30}}

= Election of René Pilato =

In the 2022 election in Charente's 1st constituency, NUPES candidate René Pilato lost to presidential majority incumbent Thomas Mesnier by 24 votes. The election was deemed invalid in December 2022 due to irregularities.{{Cite web |date=2022-12-02 |title=Charente : l'élection du député Thomas Mesnier annulée |url=https://www.sudouest.fr/elections/legislatives/charente-l-election-du-depute-thomas-mesnier-annulee-13220694.php |access-date=2024-01-10 |website=SudOuest.fr |language=fr-FR}} A by-election was held in January 2023, which led to Pilato winning by slightly under 500 votes over Mesnier, a gain for NUPES at the expense of the presidential majority.{{Cite web |date=2023-01-29 |title=Législatives partielles : la Nupes gagne un siège, le RN en perd un |url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/politique/legislatives-partielles-la-nupes-gagne-un-siege-le-rn-en-perd-un-20230129 |access-date=2024-01-10 |website=Le Figaro |language=fr}}

= Quatennens Affair =

In September 2022, French newspaper Le Canard enchaîné published an article revealing that Adrien Quatennens, national co-ordinator of LFI and MP had been accused of domestic violence by his wife.{{cite news |last1=Bouchet-Peterson |first1=Jonathan |title=Le cas Adrien Quatennens, un cas de conscience |url=https://www.liberation.fr/politique/le-cas-adrien-quatennens-un-cas-de-conscience-20220914_J7SPHKQRZBA6VN75WVEABAKXZ4/ |access-date=2023-04-13 |agency=Libération |publisher=Libération Politique |date=2022-09-14}} Following this revelation, an investigation was opened by the Lille police.{{cite news |last1=Pham-Lê |first1=Jérémie |last2=Décugis |first2=Jean-Michel |title=Soupçons de violences conjugales : enquête ouverte contre Adrien Quatennens après une main courante de son épouse |url=https://www.leparisien.fr/faits-divers/soupcons-de-violences-conjugales-enquete-ouverte-contre-adrien-quatennens-apres-une-main-courante-de-son-epouse-13-09-2022-TMJTDGT3BNFZBGJUMDBY3HZGV4.php |access-date=2023-04-13 |agency=Le Parisien |publisher=Le Parisien Fais Divers |date=2022-09-13}} In a press release Quatennens admitted to having slapped his wife once, before backtracking and describing a multitude of events of "extreme mutual tension" that led to him grabbing her wrist, elbowing her or sending excessive amounts of text messages. Following these revelations, he resigned from his post as LFI co-ordinator but remained an MP.{{cite news |last1=Lude |first1=Laura |title="J'ai donné une gifle" : le député Adrien Quatennens reconnaît avoir frappé son épouse et se retire de ses fonctions chez LFI |url=https://www.ladepeche.fr/2022/09/18/jai-donne-une-gifle-le-depute-adrien-quatennens-reconnait-avoir-frappe-son-epouse-et-se-retire-de-ses-fonctions-chez-lfi-10551579.php |access-date=2023-04-13 |agency=La Depeche |publisher=ladepeche.fr |date=2022-09-18}} On the 26th of September, Quatennens' wife officially pressed charges.{{cite news |last1=Sicard |first1=Stéphane |title=Politique: Après deux mains courantes, Cécile Quatennens a porté plainte contre son mari, député de la France Insoumise |url=:fr:Adrien Quatennens#cite note-56 |access-date=2023-04-13 |agency=L'Independant |publisher=lindependant.fr |date=2022-09-26}} This caused large amounts of tension within the NUPES with a lot of criticism being directed towards LFI, particularly because other sexual misconduct allegations had been directed towards Éric Coquerel and {{ill|Taha Bouhafs|fr}} earlier in the year, with the latter not even being able to stand in the legislative election.{{cite news |last1=Bernard |first1=Manon |title=L'ex-candidat aux législatives Taha Bouhafs accusé de violences sexuelles, LFI ouvre une enquête |url=https://www.nouvelobs.com/elections-legislatives-2022/20220511.OBS58282/l-ex-candidat-aux-legislatives-taha-bouhafs-accuse-de-violences-sexuelles-lfi-ouvre-une-enquete.html |access-date=2023-04-13 |agency=L'OBS |publisher=nouvelobs.com |date=2022-05-11}}{{cite news |last1=A.S. |title=Sophie Tissier dépose plainte contre Éric Coquerel pour "harcèlement sexuel" |url=https://www.tf1info.fr/justice-faits-divers/sophie-tissier-a-depose-plainte-ce-lundi-matin-contre-eric-coquerel-pour-harcelement-sexuel-2225257.html |access-date=2023-04-13 |agency=TF1 |publisher=tf1info.fr |date=2022-07-04}}

Many within the NUPES perceived LFI's inability to deal with the Quatennens Affair as a political fault, notably EELV MP Sandrine Rousseau. Furthermore, political analysts and commentators saw LFI's decision to maintain Quatennens as an MP as the movement turning its back on militants and younger generations.{{cite news |last1=Usul |last2=Ostpolitik |title=Usul. Faut-il lâcher Quatennens pour sauver l'union de la gauche ? |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUtoqnXxwVA |access-date=2023-04-13 |agency=Mediapart |publisher=Youtube |date=2022-12-19}} An open letter published in Le Monde in December 2022, and signed by over one thousand militants and LFI supporters demanded the resignation of Quatennens and his withdrawal from politics.{{cite news |last1=Collectif |title=" Nous, membres de La France insoumise et de la Nupes, demandons l'exclusion d'Adrien Quatennens " |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/idees/article/2022/12/26/nous-membres-de-la-france-insoumise-et-de-la-nupes-demandons-l-exclusion-d-adrien-quatennens_6155691_3232.html |access-date=2023-04-13 |agency=Le Monde |publisher=Le Monde Politique |date=2022-12-16}}

After pleading guilty to the charges against him,{{cite news |last1=Vantighem |first1=Vincent |title=AFFAIRE QUATENNENS: LE DÉPUTÉ CONVOQUÉ LE 13 DÉCEMBRE DEVANT LE TRIBUNAL DE LILLE POUR UN "PLAIDER-COUPABLE" |url=https://www.bfmtv.com/police-justice/affaire-quatennens-le-depute-convoque-le-13-decembre-devant-le-tribunal-de-lille-pour-un-plaider-coupable_AN-202211210552.html |access-date=2023-04-13 |agency=bfmtv.com |date=2022-11-21}} Quatennens was convicted to four months of prison with surcharge and a 2000 euro fine.{{cite news |title=Violences conjugales : Adrien Quatennens condamné à 4 mois de prison avec sursis |url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/politique/violences-conjugales-la-justice-tranche-sur-le-cas-adrien-quatennens-20221213 |access-date=2023-04-13 |agency=lefigaro.fr |publisher=Le Figaro avec AFP |date=2022-12-13}} Following this, he was excluded from the LFI-NUPES parliamentary group and sat as a non-inscrit until his reintegration into the group in April 2023, with the decision to welcome him back into the group sparking debate throughout both the NUPES and the LFI group itself.{{cite news |last1=Cassini |first1=Sandrine |title=Le retour d'Adrien Quatennens au sein du groupe " insoumis " divise la Nupes |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2023/04/12/le-retour-d-adrien-quatennens-au-sein-du-groupe-insoumis-divise-la-nupes_6169135_823448.html |access-date=2023-04-13 |agency=Le Monde |publisher=Le Monde Politique |date=2023-04-12}}

= Bayou Affair =

Simultaneously, alongside the Quattennens Affair, a similar case erupted involving EELV national secretary Julien Bayou. In July 2022, it was reported to the EELV internal cell for violence and sexual harassment that Bayou had been carrying out behaviour of "psychological violence and harassment" towards women in his entourage.{{cite web |title=Le patron d'EELV Julien Bayou mis en cause pour des violences psychologiques sur une ex-compagne |url=https://www.nouvelobs.com/politique/20220920.OBS63407/le-patron-d-eelv-julien-bayou-mis-en-cause-pour-des-violences-psychologiques-sur-une-ex-compagne.html |website=nouvelobs.com |date=20 September 2022 |access-date=2023-04-13}} On the 20th of September, in the midst of the Quatennens Affair, Bayou resigned from his post as co-president of the EELV parliamentary group and from his position as EELV national secretary.{{cite news |title=Julien Bayou démissionne de son poste de secrétaire national d'EELV, son avocate dénonce des " atteintes à la vie privée " |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2022/09/26/julien-bayou-demissionne-de-son-poste-de-secretaire-national-d-europe-ecologie-les-verts_6143179_823448.html |access-date=2023-04-13 |agency=Le Monde |publisher=Le Monde Politique |date=2022-09-16}} According to French magazine Marianne, this came as a result of internal pressure from prominent EELV member Sandrine Rousseau.{{cite news |last1=Mathoux |first1=Adrien |last2=Adenor |first2=Jean-Loup |last3=Lann |first3=Pierre |title=Julien Bayou en retrait d'EELV : cinq questions sur les accusations visant l'ex-patron des Verts |url=https://www.marianne.net/politique/ecolos/julien-bayou-en-retrait-deelv-cinq-questions-sur-les-accusations-visant-lex-patron-des-verts |access-date=2023-04-13 |agency=Marianne Eclairage |publisher=Marianne |date=2022-09-21}}

Following Bayou's resignation, he has stayed relatively quiet in the media, though he remains an MP and continues to sit with the EELV parliamentary group at the National Assembly. Following the 2022 EELV party congress, Marine Tondelier was elected national secretary with 90.8% of votes.{{cite news |title=Marine Tondelier élue nouvelle secrétaire nationale d'EELV avec 90,8 % des voix |url=https://www.midilibre.fr/2022/12/10/marine-tondelier-elue-nouvelle-secretaire-nationale-deelv-avec-908-des-voix-10860176.php |access-date=2023-04-13 |agency=Midi Libre |publisher=Midi Libre |date=2022-12-10}}

Many journalists and political commentators saw the large of number of allegations directed towards NUPES members as discrediting the political union.{{cite news |last1=Le Monde |title=Violences faites aux femmes : l'embarras de la Nupes |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/idees/article/2022/09/23/violences-faites-aux-femmes-l-embarras-de-la-nupes_6142865_3232.html |access-date=2023-04-13 |agency=Le Monde |publisher=Le Monde Tribune |date=2022-09-23}}

= Tensions with the Communist Party =

As early as September 2022, tensions began to arise between the NUPES and Communist Party national secretary Fabien Roussel,{{cite news |last1=Faubert |first1=Serge |title=Faut-il laisser tomber les fâchés pas fachos ? |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEtLxpJ8Blo&t=86s |access-date=2023-04-13 |agency=Pure Politique |publisher=Youtube |date=2022-09-13}} with many left-wing commentators seeing Roussel as too "right-wing" with some newspapers calling him "the right's favourite communist."{{cite news |title=FABIEN ROUSSEL : LE COMMUNISTE PRÉFÉRÉ DE LA DROITE |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKH7J14PQbY |access-date=2023-04-13 |agency=BLAST, Le souffle de l'info |publisher=Youtube |date=2022-09-22}} Further tensions arose in 2023 after Roussel called Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin a friend and stated that they have "known [each other] for a long time."{{cite news |last1=Pézeril |first1=Cyprien |title="PAS DE COLONNE VERTÉBRALE": L'AMITIÉ ENTRE FABIEN ROUSSEL ET GÉRALD DARMANIN FAIT GRINCER DES DENTS |url=https://rmc.bfmtv.com/actualites/politique/l-amitie-improbable-entre-fabien-roussel-et-gerald-darmanin-au-grand-dam-des-insoumis_AV-202304070292.html |access-date=2023-04-13 |agency=rmc.bfmtv.com |publisher=RMC-BFMTV |date=2023-04-07}} This came after weeks of extreme violence between protestors and police in the wake of the 2023 pension reform.{{cite news |title=Retraites : Amnesty International France appelle les forces de l'ordre "à n'utiliser la force que lorsqu'elle est absolument nécessaire" et "de manière proportionnée" |url=https://www.francetvinfo.fr/economie/retraite/reforme-des-retraites/retraites-amnesty-international-france-appelle-les-forces-de-l-ordre-a-n-utiliser-la-force-que-lorsqu-elle-est-absolument-necessaire-et-de-maniere-proportionnee_5730152.html |access-date=2023-04-13 |agency=francetvinfo.fr |publisher=france info |date=2023-03-24}}

More tensions arose in April 2023 after Roussel called the NUPES an "outdated" electoral coalition that "had failed." He also expressed his desires to extend the coalition notably to former Socialist Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve, an ardent critic of the NUPES.{{cite news |last1=Chemla |first1=Luc |title=Fabien Roussel juge la Nupes "dépassée" et souhaite "rassembler bien au-delà" |url=https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/fabien-roussel-juge-la-nupes-depassee-et-souhaite-rassembler-bien-au-dela-4703180 |access-date=2023-04-13 |agency=radiofrance.fr |publisher=France Inter |date=2023-04-03}} This led to disagreements within the Communist Party, notably with MPs Sébastien Jumel and Pierre Dharréville.{{cite news |last1=Faubert |first1=Serge |title=Macron : la dégringolade |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wbJdt035Pc |access-date=2023-04-13 |agency=Pure Politique |publisher=Youtube |date=2023-04-06}} These statements were also met with criticism from LFI who issued a press-statement directed at Roussel. During a speech at the 2023 Communist Party congress, where he was re-elected with 80.4% of votes,{{cite news |title=Fabien Roussel reconduit à la tête du Parti communiste français |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2023/04/10/fabien-roussel-reconduit-a-la-tete-du-parti-communiste_6168945_823448.html |access-date=2023-04-13 |agency=Le Monde |publisher=Le Monde Politique |date=2023-04-10}} Roussel replied to LFI and NUPES saying "I say it clearly and in fraternity, mind your own business!"{{cite news |last1=Faubert |first1=Serge |title=Entre Borne et Macron, rien ne va plus |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLVoR16tQKs&t=24s |access-date=2023-04-13 |agency=Pure Politique |publisher=Youtube |date=2023-04-10}}

= Socialist infighting and election of Martine Froger =

In January 2023, the Socialist Party held its 80th congress in Marseille. Olivier Faure, incumbent first secretary was re-elected with 51.09% of the vote.{{cite web |title=Résultat de la commission de récolement des votes du Parti socialiste : Olivier Faure confirmé vainqueur |url=https://www.parti-socialiste.fr/resultat_de_la_commission_de_recolement_des_votes_du_parti_socialiste_olivier_faure_confirme_vainqueur |website=parti-socialiste.fr |access-date=2023-04-13 |ref=2023-01-22}} Nonetheless, both Faure and challenger, Rouen mayor Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol would each claim that they had won,{{cite news |last1=Duffé |first1=Julien |title=Congrès du PS : la nuit où Olivier Faure et Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol ont revendiqué la victoire |url=https://www.leparisien.fr/politique/congres-du-ps-olivier-faure-et-nicolas-mayer-rossignol-revendiquent-tous-les-deux-la-victoire-20-01-2023-USJXT46Q25G3VJKXXJCGBIRGYE.php |access-date=2023-04-13 |agency=Le Parisien |publisher=leparisien.fr |date=2022-01-20}} making it unclear who the true winner was for a couple of days. In the end, a collective leadership agreement was agreed upon and Mayer-Rossignol was appointed delegate national secretary.{{cite news |last1=Cassini |first1=Sandrine |title=Au Parti socialiste, Olivier Faure confirmé comme premier secrétaire, Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol devient délégué |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2023/01/28/au-parti-socialiste-olivier-faure-et-nicolas-mayer-rossignol-finalisent-un-accord_6159661_823448.html |access-date=2023-04-13 |agency=Le Monde |publisher=Le Monde Politique |date=2023-01-28}}

A soft critic of the NUPES, Mayer-Rossignol's race for national secretary was supported by a number of the party's "elephants" notably Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo, anti-NUPES figure Carole Delga{{cite news |last1=Gagnebet |first1=Phillippe |title=Congrès du PS : Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol veut " reconstruire une gauche crédible " avec Carole Delga |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2023/01/15/congres-du-ps-nicolas-mayer-rossignol-veut-reconstruire-une-gauche-credible-avec-carole-delga_6157959_823448.html |access-date=2023-04-13 |agency=Le Monde |publisher=Le Monde Politique |date=2023-01-15}} and former President François Hollande.{{cite news |title=Congrès du PS : pour François Hollande, Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol " peut rassembler les socialistes " |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2023/01/16/congres-du-ps-pour-francois-hollande-nicolas-mayer-rossignol-peut-rassembler-les-socialistes_6158065_823448.html |access-date=2023-04-13 |agency=Le Monde |publisher=Le Monde Politique |date=2023-01-15}}

On 27 January 2023, the Constitutional Council of France ruled the re-election of LFI MP Bénédicte Taurine as unconstitutional as a result of contentious ballots from the RN candidate, triggering a by-election.{{cite news |last1=Duprat |first1=Florent |title=Législatives : l'élection de B. Taurine annulée par le Conseil constitutionnel |url=https://www.ladepeche.fr/2023/01/28/legislatives-lelection-de-b-taurine-annulee-par-le-conseil-constitutionnel-10956919.php |access-date=2023-04-13 |agency=ladepeche.fr |publisher=La Depeche |date=2023-01-28}} Despite the national direction of the Socialist Party offering their support to Taurine, the local federation alongside the Radical Party of the Left chose to support dissident Socialist candidate Martine Froger.{{cite news |last1=Badia |first1=Jean-Olivier |title=Législative en Ariège : le PS 09 assume son soutien à la dissidente Martine Froger |url=https://www.ladepeche.fr/2023/03/15/legislative-en-ariege-le-ps-09-assume-son-soutien-a-la-dissidente-martine-froger-11064361.php |access-date=2023-04-13 |agency=ladepeche.fr |publisher=La Depeche |date=2023-03-15}} Both candidates made it to the second round of voting, and Froger benefited from the support of the Renaissance and RN candidates who called to "make barrage" against Taurine. Furthermore, former Socialist Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve joined Froger in the constituency, offering her his support.{{cite news |last1=Cassini |first1=Sandrine |title=En Ariège, la guerre des gauches aura bien lieu |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2023/03/28/en-ariege-la-guerre-des-gauches-aura-bien-lieu_6167198_823448.html |access-date=2023-04-13 |agency=Le Monde |publisher=Le Monde Politique |date=2023-03-28}} Froger was elected with 60.2% of the vote and was congratulated in person by Mayer-Rossignol and Carol Delga, against the wishes of both the NUPES and the Socialist Party leadership.{{cite news |title=Législative partielle : Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol célèbre la victoire du PS en Ariège en jouant du... AC/DC |url=https://www.midilibre.fr/2023/04/05/legislative-partielle-nicolas-mayer-rossignol-celebre-la-victoire-du-ps-en-ariege-en-jouant-du-acdc-11113643.php |access-date=2023-04-13 |agency=midilibre.fr |publisher=Midi Libre |date=2023-04-05}} To date no sanctions have been taken against Mayer-Rossignol and other members of the Socialist Party.

Once elected, Froger caused further tension within the NUPES with the question of her seating in the Socialist Parliamentary Group posing a problem for some, with many not seeing it fit that she sit within the NUPES intergroup. Some suggested that she sit with the centrist LIOT group alongside other dissident socialists.{{cite news |last1=Faubert |first1=Serge |title=Darmanin se voit déjà Premier ministre |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUX5SiylOT8 |access-date=2023-04-13 |agency=Pure Politique |publisher=Youtube |date=2023-04-03}}

= Socialist Party suspension =

In the aftermath of Hamas's attack on Israel on 7 October 2023 and the subsequent Gaza war, the Socialist Party voted 54%–46% for a "moratorium" on participating in the alliance due to LFI's refusal to explicitly denounce Hamas as a terrorist organization. The result of the vote was announced on 18 October 2023. Socialist Party leader Olivier Faure reiterated his support for a broad union of the French left, but called Jean-Luc Mélenchon an "obstacle to unity." Mélenchon posted on Twitter that Faure had led the suspension of the Socialist Party due to "personal reasons" between the two.

Members

The initial agreement, struck on 1 May 2022, brought together La France Insoumise and its allies together with a grouping of ecologist parties,{{cite web |date=2 May 2022 |title=Hard left strikes deal with French Greens ahead of legislative elections |url=https://www.rfi.fr/en/france/20220502-hard-left-strike-deal-with-french-greens-ahead-of-legislative-elections-jean-luc-melenchon-france-unbowed |access-date=3 May 2022 |website=RFI}}{{cite web |date=2 May 2022 |title=Melenchon in anti-Macron alliance with Greens |url=https://dw.com/en/france-melenchon-forms-anti-macron-alliance-with-the-greens/a-61665348 |access-date=3 May 2022 |publisher=Deutsche Welle}} including Europe Ecology – The Greens, Ecology Generation, Génération.s, and The New Democrats.{{cite web |date=2 May 2022 |title=Législatives 2022 : ce que contient l'accord conclu entre La France insoumise et Europe Ecologie-Les Verts |url=https://www.francetvinfo.fr/elections/legislatives/legislatives-2022-ce-que-contient-l-accord-conclu-entre-la-france-insoumise-et-europe-ecologie-les-verts_5114314.html |access-date=3 May 2022 |website=France Info |language=fr}}{{cite web |title=Meuse : Emilie Cariou ne briguera pas un second mandat aux élections législatives |url=https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/grand-est/meuse/verdun/meuse-emilie-cariou-ne-briguera-pas-un-second-mandat-aux-elections-legislatives-2534992.html |access-date=3 May 2022 |website=France 3 Grand Est |date=2 May 2022 |language=fr}} On 3 May, the French Communist Party agreed to join the alliance,{{cite news |date=3 May 2022 |title=Communists join Mélenchon's alliance as French left nears unity ahead of legislative elections |work=Le Monde |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/en/politics/article/2022/05/03/communists-join-melenchon-s-alliance-as-french-left-nears-unity-ahead-of-legislative-elections_5982358_5.html |access-date=3 May 2022}} followed by the Socialist Party and Place Publique on 4 May.{{cite tweet |number=1521933511728451587 |user=rglucks1 |last=Glucksmann |first=Raphael |title=En juin, il faut élire le maximum de députés pour mener les combats de la justice sociale, de la transformation écologique et de la démocratisation de nos institutions. Soutien au rassemblement de la gauche et des écolos sans rien masquer de nos divergences.}} On 20 May, New Deal announced its endorsement of the coalition.

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

! colspan="3" | Party

! Abbr.

! Ideology

! Political position

! Leader(s)

colspan="7" | La France Insoumise and allies

style="background-color: {{party color|La France Insoumise}}"|

| 75px

| La France Insoumise

| LFI

| Democratic socialism
Left-wing populism

| Left-wing

| Jean-Luc Mélenchon
Manuel Bompard

style="background-color: {{party color|Left Party (France)}}"|

| 75px

| Left Party

| PG

| Democratic socialism
Left-wing populism

| Left-wing

| Éric Coquerel
Danielle Simonnet

style="background-color:red"|

| File:Ensemble.png

| Ensemble!

| E!

| Socialism
Eco-socialism

| Left-wing to far-left

| Collective leadership

style="background-color:red"|

| align="center" | 75px

| Picardie Debout

| PD

| Left-wing populism
Economic nationalism

| Left-wing

| François Ruffin

style="background-color: #3EB489"|

| align="center" |

| Ecological Revolution for the Living

| REV

| Deep ecology
Green politics

| Left-wing

| Aymeric Caron

style="background-color: {{party color|Independent Workers' Party}}"|

| align="center" | File:Logo POI complet.svg

| Independent Workers' Party

| POI

| Marxism

| Left-wing to far-left

| Collective

style="background-color: #CC2443"|

| Rézistans Égalité 974

| RÉ974

| Democratic socialism
Regionalism

| Left-wing to far-left

| Jean-Hugues Ratenon

colspan="7" | Les Écologistes

style="background-color: {{party color|The Ecologists (France)}}"|

| align="center" |

| The Ecologists

| LE

| Green politics
Alter-globalisation

| Centre-left to left-wing

| Marine Tondelier

style="background-color: {{party color|Génération.s, le mouvement}}"|

| align="center" | File:Generation.s "G" logo.jpg

| Génération.s

| G.s

| Democratic socialism
Eco-socialism

| Left-wing

| Benoît Hamon

style="background-color: {{party color|Ecology Generation}}"|

| align="center" |

| Ecology Generation

| GÉ

| Green politics
Ecofeminism

| Centre

| Delphine Batho

colspan="7" | Socialist Party and allies

style="background-color: {{party color|Socialist Party (France)}}"|

| align="center" | 65x65px

| Socialist Party

| PS

| Social democracy

| Centre-left

| Olivier Faure

style="background-color: {{party color|Place Publique}}"|

| align="center" | 65x65px

| Place Publique

| PP

| Social democracy

| Centre-left

| Raphaël Glucksmann

style="background-color: {{party color|New Deal (France)}}"|

| align="center" | 65px

| New Deal

| ND

| Progressivism

| Centre-left to left-wing

| Arnaud Lelache
Aline Mouquet

style="background-color: #d41012"|

| Movement for the Development of Mayotte

| MDM

colspan="7" | French Communist Party and allies

style="background-color: {{party color|French Communist Party}}"|

| File:Logo – Parti communiste français (2018).svg

| French Communist Party

| PCF

| Communism

| Left-wing

| Fabien Roussel

style="background-color: #DD0000"|

| For Réunion

| PLR

| Democratic socialism
Post-Marxism

| Left-wing

| Huguette Bello

style="background-color: #26C4EC"|

| File:Flag of Tavini Huiraatira.svg

| Tāvini Huiraʻatira

| TH

| Progressivism
French Polynesian autonomism/independence

| Centre-left to left-wing

| Oscar Temaru

style="background-color: #01A65A"|

| Péyi-A

| Péyi-A

| Martiniquean independence

| Centre-left to left-wing

| Jean-Philippe Nilor
Marcelin Nadeau

= Former members =

On 16 October 2022, The New Democrats merged to Europe Ecology – The Greens.https://www.leparisien.fr/politique/le-depute-aurelien-tache-et-son-parti-rejoignent-eelv-23-10-2022-ZL77XY63HFEOHHEOM4T2JMMRNU.php Le député Aurélien Taché et son parti rejoignent EELV

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

! colspan="3" | Party

! Abbr.

! Ideology

! Political position

! Leader(s)

style="background-color: {{party color|The New Democrats}}"|

| align="center" | 40px

| The New Democrats

| ND

| Social liberalism
Environmentalism

| Centre-left

| Aurélien Taché
Émilie Cariou

Candidates 2022

class="wikitable"

|+ Constituency breakdown by party and bloc{{Cite web |language=fr |title=Législatives 2022 : la carte des circonscriptions à gauche après l'accord commun |url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/elections/legislatives/legislatives-2022-la-carte-des-circonscriptions-a-gauche-apres-l-accord-commun-20220505 |work=Le Figaro |date=5 May 2022 |access-date=6 May 2022}}{{Cite web |language=fr |title=Carte Législatives: quelles sont les circonscriptions obtenues par le PS, EE-LV et le PCF après leur accord avec LFI? |url=https://www.liberation.fr/politique/legislatives-quelles-sont-les-circonscriptions-obtenues-par-le-ps-ee-lv-et-le-pcf-apres-leur-accord-avec-lfi-20220506_FOYLY336RZH6TC6H2NQXC4VN64/ |work=Libération |date=6 May 2022 |access-date=6 May 2022}}

! scope=col colspan="2" | Party or bloc

! scope=col | Constituencies

! scope=col | Proportion

colspan="2" | La France Insoumise and associated parties
(La France Insoumise, Left Party, Ensemble!, Picardie debout, Ecological Revolution for the Living)

| 326

| 56.50%

rowspan="5" | Ecologist Pole

| Europe Ecology – The Greens

| 80

| 13.86%

Génération.s

| 9

| 1.56%

Ecology Generation

| 9

| 1.56%

The New Democrats

| 2

| 0.35%

Total

| 100

| 17.33 %

colspan="2" | Socialist Party

| 70

| 11.96 %

colspan="2" | French Communist Party

| 50

| 8.84%

colspan="2" | Undeclared (outre-mer and Corsica)

| 31

| 5.55 %

style="background:#FFF"

| colspan="4" |

colspan="2" | Total

| 577

| 100 %

= Breakdown by constituency =

{{collapse top|header=Candidates per constituency{{cite web |language=fr |first=Victor |last=Vasseur |title=Carte – PS, EELV, PC ou LFI, quel candidat de gauche dans votre circonscription aux législatives ? |url=https://www.franceinter.fr/politique/carte-ps-eelv-pc-ou-lfi-quel-candidat-de-gauche-dans-votre-circonscription-aux-legislatives |work=France Inter |date=6 May 2022 |access-date=6 May 2022}}{{cite web |language=fr |title=Législatives 2022 : la carte des circonscriptions à gauche après l'accord commun |url=https://www.francetvinfo.fr/elections/legislatives/carte-legislatives-2022-insoumis-ecolos-communistes-socialistes-qui-portera-les-couleurs-de-l-union-de-la-gauche-dans-votre-circonscription_5116612.html |work=France Info |first1=Clément |last1=Parrot |first2=Thibaud |last2=Le Meneec |first3=Mathieu |last3=Lehot-Couette |date=6 May 2022 |access-date=6 May 2022}}{{efn|Exhaustive lists of candidates are maintained by [https://www.lemonde.fr/les-decodeurs/article/2022/05/18/qui-sont-les-candidats-aux-elections-legislatives-dans-votre-circonscription-ensemble-nupes-rn-lr_6125806_4355772.html Le Monde] and [https://ceseranupes.fr/ Ce Sera NUPES].}}}}

class="wikitable sortable"

! Constituency

! colspan=2 | Party

! Candidate

! First-round vote

! Second-round vote

! Elected

Ain (1)

| style="background-color: {{party color|Socialist Party (France)}}" |

| Parti socialiste

| {{sortname|Sébastien|Guéraud}}

| 23.87%

| 36.78%

| {{no}}

Ain (2)

| style="background-color: {{party color|Europe Ecology – The Greens}}" |

| Europe Écologie Les Verts

| {{sortname|Lumir|Lapray}}

| 25.42%

| 41.66%

| {{no}}

Ain (3)

| style="background-color: {{party color|La France Insoumise}}" |

New Ecological and Social People's Union#Members

History

= Formation =

= Expansion =

= 2022 French legislative election =

= Electoral results and aftermath =

= Election of René Pilato =

= Quatennens Affair =

= Bayou Affair =

= Tensions with the Communist Party =

= Socialist infighting and election of Martine Froger =

= Socialist Party suspension =

Members

= Former members =

Candidates 2022

= Breakdown by constituency =

= Dissident candidates =

Ideology and platform

Electoral history

= Legislative elections =

Reactions

= PS majority and social-democratic left =

= PS minority and opposition =

= Extra-parliamentary left =

= Presidential majority =

See also

Notes

References