A few days before the start of the examination of the immigration bill at the National Assembly, the Génération·s party invited representatives from the PS, PCF, LFI, and EELV to denounce a right-wing text and a “racist” atmosphere.
A socialist, a green, a communist, and an insubordinate on the same stage. Given the period and the crisis that has been affecting the left for several weeks, it may seem like a joke. However, it is real. On Monday, December 4th, Boris Vallaud (PS), Cyrielle Chatelain (EE-LV), Elsa Faucillon (PCF), Andy Kerbrat (LFI), and Benjamin Lucas (Génération·s) were indeed together on the stage of the Bellevilloise in the XXth arrondissement of Paris. The invitation was made several weeks ago by the small party founded by Benoît Hamon, which was organizing its “fraternity evening”. An event “against Darmanin’s immigration law, for welcoming, dignity, and solidarity” as the text was adopted on Saturday in the commission and the examination in the hemicycle of the National Assembly begins on Monday.
“The general philosophy of the evening is to remind the left that when it focuses on the people it is supposed to defend, on what should be the heart of its fight, it forgets to insult itself and remembers that our only enemies are the right and the far right, and that there are none between us,” explains the national coordinator of Génération·s, Arash Saeidi, while more than 200 people take their seats in the room. In addition to the deputies, representatives of associations.
