French left-wing parties said in a joint statement on Thursday, June 13, they had agreed on a plan for how to form a government if they win the snap elections called by President Emmanuel Macron.
The Socialists, Communists, Greens and the radical left party La France Insoumise, along with a few minor parties, made the deal as part of a new alliance they have called the "new popular front."
"We have succeeded. A page of history is being written," Socialist leader Olivier Faure said on X.
Left-wing leaders were also debating who might be prime minister if their alliance comes out on top. LFI's repeat presidential candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon and senior MP François Ruffin have thrown their hats in the ring.
Macron's gamble on early elections comes two years after he failed to secure a majority in parliament to buttress his second presidential term. It risks strengthening the far-right Rassemblement National (RN).
Prime Minister Gabriel Attal told France Inter radio that voters faced a "societal choice." Macron's centrist camp offers a "progressive, pro-work, democratic" alternative, he said.
Macron's camp has dubbed itself Together for the Republic, a senior member told Agence France Presse on Thursday after a strategy meeting with Attal and chiefs of allied parties. Their message will be, "do you want [RN president] Jordan Bardella or [LFI founder] Jean-Luc Melenchon" as prime minister, a source close to Attal said.