@7170-Q

French Politics trying to stabilize: Impossible

@jonquills66

Has the French left Split? I didn't even know that they were in Croatia to begin with...

@bt3743

Leftists try to stay united for more than 2 seconds challenge impossible)

@snarkyalyx

Two leftists walk into a bar.



Three factions emerge

@NCR-National-Reclamation-Gov

Your getting bots now, that means the channel is becoming more popular

@brainlesscactus3184

Everything after the 5min mark of this video is a HIGHLY inaccurate depiction of what happening here.

First, the no-confidence vote that got rejected isn't from Melenchon; he isn't an MP right now. It was voted by France Unbowed, the Greens, the Communists, and some Socialist MPs. France Unbowed isn't the only left party condemning the socialist restraint at the no-confidence vote; both the Communists and Greens are also not happy with Faure's decision. Also, as you said, Melenchon isn't the NFP leader, he is the unofficial leader of France Unbowed but not at the National Assembly.

One thing that you didn't mention even once in this video as to "why" the Socialists and especially Faure are acting like this, is the upcoming Socialist congress that will decide who will become the leader of the party. The socialists are split almost 50/50 between the Faure camp and the Hollande camp. Faure is seen as an NFP-sympathetic socialist (so more leftwing) while Hollande is in favor of reaching to the center and maybe even trying to reconquer the center-left abandoned by Macron's agenda becoming more and more rightwing.
This Congress is a very high risk for Faure who might lose his job, he is trying to create distance between him and France Unbowed to appease the center-left of the party. Faure is in an all-in situation, especially at a time when the center-left of the socialist is gearing up for the next elections, with François Hollande and Raphaël Glucksmann both trying to take the lead for the presidential election running on an anti-Melenchon platform while Faure has always been an advocate for a single left candidate in 2027 (tho he isn't a fan of Melenchon himself).

Also, the 7:15 comment about the presidential election, while true, does not paint a complete picture. Before the 2027 elections, there will be the 2026 municipal elections, which are really important for the left as they directly decide who is elected to the Senate, an election in which the socialist leadership is being challenged for the first time in decades. Right now the Socialists are in a difficult situation, most of the anti-NFP socialists are actual socialist mayors of big cities like Hidalgo in Paris or Payan in Marseille and they fear an alliance between France Unbowed and the Greens to take over the remaining big cities (back in 2020 they managed to conquer a lot of biggest cities of the country like this with Lyon, Strasbourg and Bordeaux). The 2027 election is obviously something that everybody on the left is thinking about but the priority right now is the 2026 municipal elections, and the tensions are already at an all-time high. Depending on the results it will completely change the way the left will go into the 2027 elections, if the center-left socialists maintain their hold on the big cities they will probably not be united for 2027. But if France Unbowed and the Greens actually manage to win a couple of big cities, let's say Paris, Toulouse, and Marseille, then the balance of power will shift in favor of Melenchon.
That's why the key election that is explaining the current tension within the NFP and within the socialist party is the 2026 election.

Also, categorizing France Unbowed as far-left might be true in the UK context where everything more left of the labour party is considered far left, in France's context it's absolute nonsense. The French far-left has a history and a clear definition, it strictly refers to the non-reformistts parties, which France Unbowed isn't. They're a reformist, republican, classic left-wing party. The radical left might be a good middle ground if you prefer, but the far-left are Trotskyist parties like Lutte Ouvrière, the Nouveau Parti Anticapitalist, Révolution Permanente or even some anarchist organizations like the UCL and Action Directe.

@nexarie

I used to think knowledge like this was reserved for the elite. But then I found the book Lost Scrolls of Jewish Wealth, and everything changed.

@its_amazin

I’m dying at that Melechon Yigioh card

@louisjefferies2733

4:15 I tribute my two France Unbowed MPs to tribute summon: Framce Unbowed Leader Jean Luc Melenchon, then I play pot of greed to draw 2 cards

@ArturoSubutex

A few things to clarify:
1) Mélenchon said that the Socialists were "no longer partners", but in the same breath that they were "circumstantial allies". It's a weird way to put it, but this clearly means that he does not want to fracture the alliance -- even though he probably wishes he could (and likes to use that threat). If the left really split, Macron could seize the opportunity to call snap elections once again, hoping to take advantage of leftist divisions to have a shot at getting an absolute majority once again. That was essentially his (mis)calculation in his previous gamble. Even though he promised not to do it again, I don't think anyone trusts him on that.
2) From the Socialists' perspective though, Bayrou is a much better Prime minister than Barnier. Barnier was from the Republicans, the Socialists' old archnemesis, while Bayrou's centrist party has always been much friendlier to them. Bayrou even once supported Socialist candidate François Hollande against Republican candidate Nicolas Sarkozy during the runoff of the 2012 presidential election. And Bayrou did concede them a few things. This means that the Socialists can hope to sell some improvement to their electorate. Having said that, they're still too fragile to stand on their own in a legislative election, and would still need to form a union with France unbowed in such an event.
3) Now this could all change if Bayrou and his government manage to pass a law to make the next legislative election proportional. In this case, the Socialists wouldn't need to be allied to anyone. That would free them. For some reason though they don't seem too keen on the idea. Maybe some remember their old glorious days of absolute majorities with nostalgia, but thinking they could pull it off once again would be delusional.

@chiara-qx5qi

LFI is not really far left it's just left. They're not calling for communes or workers councils or anything

@vx8431

This is very common in leftwing parties for some reason always fighting eachother or having a civilwar.

@gaspy2458

Every french knows that the NFP is an alliance of convenience and that the split would come from LFI and the parti socialiste.

@Kula2wkh

Le Pen laughing in the background

@technetium9653

The left and splitting? Name a better couple

@topasworld2538

Wow! A large Left coalition has broken up, no one could've seen this coming.

@badiskhay7908

Well, you should be careful because LFI (France Unbowed) is not far left, but hard/radical left.
It must also be said that the Socialist Party is questioning their political strategy, especially because they are divided and their latest internal reunion ended up in a 36-30 vote in favor of non-voting the motion. The no confidence motion was by the way voted by all the other Left parties and even some socialist MPs decided to go against the party's official line with 8 of them voting the motion anyway. The divisions within the party are deep, between the slight majority that is in favor of the Left coalition (NFP) which is mostly the new generation and urban/sub-urban ones, and in the other hand the righter wing of the party that is more keen on breaking up with LFI (which they see as repellent) and is composed of the so called "elephants", historic figures of the party that were mostly responsible for the party's collapse in 2017 because of their involvement in the unpopular Hollande's presidential term. Their positioning is more center-left, hence it explains why they did pretty well in terms of ranking during the European elections with Glucksmann (which is the archetype of center-left that is Macron-friendly) by taking some part of the Ensemble potential electorate (and that's why Ensemble did way worse than before).
Keep in mind that Macron's interest is also to tear the left parties apart, especially by pushing for a divorce between the PS and LFI.

Socialist in favor of NFP (left) : Chloé Ridel, Pierre Jouvet, Olivier Faure, Fatiha Keloua-Hachi, Dieynaba Diop...
Socialist less favorable (center-left) : François Hollande, Raphael Glucksmann (not a PS technically but yk), Carole Delga, Jerome Guedj...

@ErnestoHerrera2002

sigh here we go again.

@kaiserteddie9564

>far left beefing with the maistream left while the far right rises
hmmmmm i think i have seen this movie before

@ikederpike

Striped shirt for the video on France, nice 👌