Les Alternatifs
The Alternatives was a former French [political party] aligned with the far left. Founded in 1998 from the merger of the Alternative rouge et verte and a minority faction of the Convention pour une alternative progressiste, it dissolved in 2015, with its majority merging into Ensemble!. The party identified with alter-globalization, with core principles emphasizing solidarity, ecology, feminism, and self-management.
The movement combined several political tendencies:
- Self-management-oriented and alternative left;
- Anti-bureaucratic currents within the communist movement;
- Socially grounded ecological activism.
Ideology and Activities
The Alternatives advocated for a union of the anti-liberal left and participated in the "May 29 collectives" that drafted the Anti-liberal charter. For the 2007 French presidential election, they supported a unified candidacy from the left opposing the European Constitution and anti-liberalism. On, party members approved a motion to support José Bové’s candidacy with 82.6% in favor.During the 2010 French [regional elections], the party collaborated nationally with the Left Front. Following internal debates in 2011, they chose to leave the and supported Jean-Luc Mélenchon in the 2012 French presidential election.