"At a busy market in Sevran, a low-income suburb north of Paris, the local MP, Clementine Autain, was shaking hands and posing for selfies, arguing that only a left alliance could stave off the threat of a French far-right president being elected in less than 18 months. The French far right is high in the polls and riding an international Trumpian wave, said Autain, 52. Without the left uniting behind a radical project, we can't beat them. Autain, a regular face on TV whose Seine-Saint-Denis constituency in the suburbs of Paris is a leftwing stronghold, has announced she will run to be the presidential candidate for the left in a cross-party primary race next year."
"Autain is known for her staunch leftwing policy, from higher taxes on billionaires to better funding for public services. She was one of a handful of MPs who were excluded last year from Jean-Luc Melenchon's leftwing party La France Insoumise after they questioned strategy and founded a new movement, L'Apres (After), which now sits in parliament with the Greens."
Clémentine Autain campaigned at a busy market in Sevran and urged a united left primary to present a single presidential candidate in 2027. The far-right National Rally is polling strongly, driven by anti-immigration messages and a broader international 'Trumpian' surge, and may field Marine Le Pen or Jordan Bardella. Voter anger over inequality, taxation, and cuts to public services is boosting far-right support. Autain advocates radical left policies including higher taxes on billionaires and better-funded public services. She left La France Insoumise after strategic disputes, founded L'Apres, and now sits in parliament with the Greens.
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