Faced with the extreme right, the left continues to look for instructions

It was a year ago. Faced with the risk of seeing the extreme right take over Matignon, the entire left, from Philippe Poutou to François Hollande, formed the New Popular Front , following the instructions of Aragon's poem: "When the wheat is under hail, a fool is the one who plays the squeamish."

The grain has since receded, and life has returned to normal. Everyone has returned to their homes to hurl more or less definitive anathemas at their former friends. But awareness of the danger represented by the National Rally's (RN) scores and the omnipresence of its ideas in public debate has taken root. The left is agitated, reflecting, consulting researchers and sociologists, traveling abroad to study regimes that have already embraced nationalism, launching initiatives, and attempting to build bridges between its components and civil society. Each in their own corner, often. But many share the same observation: the logic of electoral coalitions, of "republican fronts," can temporarily push back the danger, but not defeat it. We need a doctrine, a social project to oppose the far right, and a strategy to win. Even if it means...