In this presidential campaign that is upending all the benchmarks of the political game, it is necessary to recall the major significance of this vote, which will determine for France as well as for Europe the major axes of the political, economic, and social framework of the coming years. It is thus above all on issues of policy, on the programs of the candidates, and on their capacity to carry them out that it is necessary to decide. Our engagement does not result from an unconditional support for any one candidate: it is above all reasoned and based on criteria we consider decisive.

To begin, any reasonable project of emancipation must today take as its starting point the reality of climate change and the necessity of an ecological transition that implies a radical break in our mode of production and consumption. It is evident that this break cannot come about within the current neoliberal framework, and will require massive public intervention aimed at profoundly converting our economic and environmental model.

The project we support must simultaneously bring about a real economic and social transformation, without accepting any compromise with the dominant forces of finance and large industrial lobbies, and fight toe-to-toe to significantly reduce poverty and inequality, restore public services, and strengthen the power of workers in the workplace.