New Ecological And Social People's Union: Political coalition in France
The New Ecologic and Social People's Union (French: Nouvelle Union populaire écologique et sociale, NUPES) is a left-wing alliance of political party in France led by Jean-Luc Mélenchon.
It was formed on May Day 2022. Parties supporting this are La France insoumise (LFI), the Socialist Party (PS), the French Communist Party (PCF), Europe Ecology – The Greens (EELV), Ensemble! (E!), and Génération.s (G.s).
New Ecologic and Social People's Union Nouvelle Union populaire écologique et sociale | |
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| Abbreviation | NUPES |
| Leader | Collective leadership |
| Founded | 1 May 2022 |
| Political position | Left-wing |
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| Colours | Purple Pink Green Yellow Red |
| Senate | 68 / 348 |
| National Assembly | 131 / 577 |
| European Parliament | 27 / 79 |
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| nupes-2022 | |
This party was founded for the 2022 French legislative election and its goal was to reject Emmanuel Macron's Ensemble Citoyens on the centre-right a majority in the National Assembly. Some left-wing parties agreed to create a coalition to make Mélenchon the Prime Minister of France.
NUPES won the most seats outside of Ensemble, causing Macron not to have a majority, however they won about 22% of the seats on the National Assembly. They did win 31% of the popular vote, however the far-right National Rally will most likely be the opposition party because NUPES is an alliance of parties. Mélenchon said that NUPES and the French Left should form a united, single group in Parliament.
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