It is customary and comforting to see the glass half full. Robert Injey and Roselyne Grac, the two leaders of the Nice Left Front, aim to be optimistic for the future.
According to them, despite the number of elected officials being reduced to the bare minimum (only one canton won at the Departmental Council), interesting signs suggest that the dual opposition to the national policy of the socialist government and the muscular right-wing policies at the local level will be rewarding in terms of electoral consensus.
For them, the objective is to regain the trust and voting participation of a vast disillusioned electorate, quantified at 300,000 potential votes.
Locally, the policies of Christian Estrosi and Eric Ciotti are equivalent to the national policies of the socialist government: tax increases, even if disguised as reductions in deductions, restriction of social spending, and directing all investment decisions to favor the liberal economy, says Robert Injey.
The sociology and tradition that make the Alpes-Maritimes the most right-wing department in France do not constitute a major obstacle for the two left-wing leaders. For them, a true alternative to the liberal economic policies of Europe and France needs to be created by appealing to activists and citizens who do not identify with this logic and configuration.
The call is made to all left-wing forces (a nod to the ecologists and socialist rebels) to form what, in South America, the “revolutionaries” called “el frente amplio,” a guarantee of struggle and the overturning of a stagnant situation.
“The Pathways of Hope” scheduled for June 13 can be a first and solid starting point. The regional elections at the end of the year, a first implementation?
