Politique Analysis

How ecosocialism is becoming a unifying force on the French Left

From social democrats to the radical Left, leftwing parties in France are embracing or at least debating the concept of ecosocialism. As Mediapart's Mathieu Dejean writes, this collective appropriation of a radical idea that stems from the 1970s marks a new phase in the reconstruction of the French Left as it seeks to find a common view of the world.

Mathieu Dejean

It is an example of an idea that developed on the fringes and which is slowly taking centre stage. Over the past year, from social democrats to the radical Left, the concept of ecosocialism has started to bring people together - or is at least being debated.

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