Unitary Left

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{{Infobox political party

| name = Unitary Left

| native_name = Gauche unitaire

| country = France

| colorcode = {{party color|French Communist Party}}

| logo = Gaucheunitaire.png

| leader = Christian Picquet

| president =

| secretary_general =

| foundation = 14 March 2009

| dissolution = September 2015

| merged = French Communist Party

| headquarters =

| ideology = Anti-capitalism{{cite web|url=http://parties-and-elections.eu/france.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120617190130/http://parties-and-elections.eu:80/france.html|title=France|last=Nordsieck|first=Wolfram|website=Parties and Elections in Europe|archive-date=17 June 2012|year=2012|url-status=dead}}
Socialism
Democratic socialism

| position = Left-wing to far-left

| national = {{nowrap|Left Front (2009–2014)}}

| european = Party of the European Left

| europarl =

| international =

| colours = Red

| website = {{url|http://www.gauche-unitaire.fr}}

| footnotes = Constitution of France
Parliament; government; president

}}

Unitary Left[https://socialistproject.ca/2012/08/b685/ France: The Rise of the Left Front] (Gauche unitaire, GU) was a political party in France that was originally faction (under the name Unir or Unite) within the Revolutionary Communist League. The party is led by Christian Picquet, a former member of the Revolutionary Communist League.

The creation of the party was announced on 8 March 2009 at the founding congress of the Left Front electoral coalition ahead of the 2009 European elections. Picquet, whose opposition faction represented 3.7% at the founding congress of the New Anticapitalist Party, disagreed with the majority's refusal to ally with the Communist-led Left Front for the European elections.

As a result, Picquet's small movement integrated the Left Front and Picquet was the third candidate on the coalition's list in the Île-de-France constituency.

Ideologically, the party sought to unite all democratic socialists opposed to neo-liberalism under a common front.

The GU was part of the Left Front until 2014.

On 8 September 2015, the GU decided to merge into the French Communist Party. This decision was taken to limit the division of the left.{{cite web |url=http://www.pierrelaurent.org/la-gauche-unitaire-rejoint-le-pcf/ |title=La Gauche Unitaire rejoint le PCF {{!}} Pierre Laurent – Le blog |website=www.pierrelaurent.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150929170922/http://www.pierrelaurent.org/la-gauche-unitaire-rejoint-le-pcf/ |archive-date=2015-09-29}}