Ensemble!

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'''Ensemble!''', officially '''Ensemble – Movement for a Leftist, Ecologist, and Solidary Alternative''' ({{Langx|fr|Ensemble – Mouvement pour une Alternative de Gauche, Écologiste et Solidaire}}), was a French left-wing political party, defining itself as anti-capitalist, anti-racist, feminist and eco-socialist. It was launched in November 2013 by several smaller groupings.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.regards.fr/web/Ensemble-naissance-d-un-troisieme,7224|title=Ensemble: naissance d'un troisième pilier dans le Front de gauche|work=regards.fr|language=fr|access-date=30 August 2015|archive-date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303194110/http://www.regards.fr/web/Ensemble-naissance-d-un-troisieme,7224|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The movement was launched through the merge of Les Alternatifs, the Federation for a Social and Ecological Alternative (Fédération pour une alternative sociale et écologique, FASE), former factions of the NPA (Convergences et alternative and the Anti-Capitalist Left), a large majority of members from the Unitary Left (Gauche unitaire), and individuals who were not previously members of any political organization.<ref>{{cite web|date=22 November 2013 |title=Fusion au Front de gauche ce week-end |url=https://www.humanite.fr/politique/fusion-au-front-de-gauche-ce-week-end-553718 |website=L'Humanité}}.</ref>{{,}}<ref>{{cite web|date=22 November 2013 |title=Au Front de gauche, les « petits » face aux « gros » |url=http://gauche.blog.lemonde.fr/2013/11/22/au-front-de-gauche-les-petits-face-aux-gros/ |website=gauche.blog.lemonde.fr}}.</ref>

It became the third-largest component of the Left Front (Front de gauhce) with 2.500 members.<ref>{{cite web|date=25 November 2013 |title=ENSEMBLE ! », nouveau mouvement politique au sein du Front de gauche |url=http://www.mediapart.fr/journal/france/251113/ensemble-nouveau-mouvement-politique-au-sein-du-front-de-gauche |website=Mediapart}}.</ref> The grouping was founded on several shared objectives : the strengthening, broadening, and democratization of the Left Front; the fight against austerity, productivism, and all forms of oppression; self-organization and a new relationship with social movements; and the development of a project for the social and ecological transformation of society to break with capitalism.<ref>« [http://www.regards.fr/web/Ensemble-un-3e-pilier-pour-le,7239 « Ensemble », la 3rd{{#if:force|{{nbsp}}force}} du Front de gauche] », Jérôme Beltar pour ''Politis'', 25 novembre 2013.</ref>

In 2017, Ensemble endorsed La France insoumise (LFI) candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon in the presidential election. A number of activists were elected in the legislative elections on LFI tickets, notably Clémentine Autain.

In the following years, two internal currents emerged within Ensemble : Ensemble Insoumis and Ensemble Autogestion et Emancipation (Seld-management and Emancipation). A large portion of the membership did not align with either group.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=11 November 2025 |date=23 June 2023 |language=fr-FR |last=jmfouquer |title=Forum pour l'alternative du 2 juillet |url=https://ensemble-mouvement.com/forum-pour-lalternative-du-2-juillet/}}</ref> The pro-Insoumis half eventually split to form the Ecosocialist Left (Gauche écosiocialiste) in 2023, taking with it all of the movement's national elected officials. Two years later, a majority of the remaining members initiated a merger with L'Après, a party launched by several former figures of La France insoumise. A significant part of the Autogestion et Emancipation current refused to join L'Après and regrouped in the Réseau pour l'alternative (Network for the Alternative).

== History == The Anticapitalist Left ({{lang|fr|Gauche Anticapitaliste}}), a group formed in 2011 as a tendency within the Trotskyist-influenced New Anticapitalist Party (which it left in 2012) advocating an electoral strategy based on unity with other anti-neoliberal and anti-capitalist forces, in particular the Left Front; {{ill|The Alternatives|br|An Alternatived|cs|Les Alternatifs|fr|Les Alternatifs}}, a "red-green" organisation founded in 1988, some of whose roots go back to the Unified Socialist Party (French: Parti Socialiste Unifié, PSU), and influenced by the movement for workers' control or self-management (French: "autogestion"). The {{ill|Federation for a Social and Ecological Alternative|eo|Federacio por Sociala kaj Ekologia Alternativo (Francio)|fr|Fédération pour une alternative sociale et écologique}} (Fédération pour une Alternative Sociale et Ecologique, FASE), a group formed in 2008, including many former members of the French Communist Party, and including the association Communistes Unitaires.

The membership of Ensemble is thus made up of activists coming from various left-wing and radical political traditions: altercommunist, trotskyist, feminist, "red-green", ecologist, etc., as well as trade unionists and global justice activists (alterglobalists).

Paid-up membership in June 2015 was approximately 1,200 (internal sources), with several hundred sympathisers.{{Citation needed|date=August 2017}}

The movement is a member of the Left Front (French: Front de Gauche), which also includes the French Communist Party and the Left Party (French: (Parti de Gauche)). The candidate of the Left Front, Jean-Luc Mélenchon of the Left Party, obtained 11.1% of the votes in the first round of the 2012 French presidential election.

Ensemble aims towards strengthening the Left Front by building a broad movement against austerity. It opposes all forms of inequality, racism, and oppression, including homophobia, islamophobia, and antisemitism, and seeks to develop links with anti-capitalist groupings outside the Left Front, including more left-wing members of Europe Ecology - The Greens (French: Europe Ecologie-Les Verts). Internationally, it has been involved in discussions and joint activities with the Party of the European Left, Podemos (Spain), Syriza (Greece), Sinn Féin (Ireland), the Left Bloc (Portugal), and others.

Ensemble was formally constituted at a conference<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ensemble-fdg.org/content/declaration-densemble-lissue-de-son-assemblee-des-31-janvier-et-1er-fevrier-2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150530112702/https://www.ensemble-fdg.org/content/declaration-densemble-lissue-de-son-assemblee-des-31-janvier-et-1er-fevrier-2015|url-status=usurped|archive-date=30 May 2015|title=Déclaration d'Ensemble à l'issue de son Assemblée des 31 janvier et 1er février 2015.|work=ensemble-fdg.org|date=3 February 2015 |language=fr}}</ref> held 31 January-1 February 2015 in Saint-Denis (Seine-Saint-Denis). Considering that the merger process had been successfully completed, most of its founding groups then decided to dissolve themselves.

A national delegate meeting takes place in principle 3 times per year. A national coordinating committee ("Equipe d'Animation Nationale, EAN") meets weekly. Its spokespersons include Myriam Martin,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.regards.fr/web/article/myriam-martin-dire-le-nom-d|title=Myriam Martin: Dire le nom d'Ensemble au sein du Front de gauche|work=regards.fr|language=fr}}</ref> Clémentine Autain<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.liberation.fr/politiques/2015/06/29/clementine-autain-la-fin-du-front-de-gauche-serait-suicidaire_1339534|title=Clémentine Autain: La fin du Front de gauche serait suicidaire|work=Libération.fr|language=fr}}</ref> and Jean-François Pellissier.

Two former Members of Parliament, Jacqueline Fraysse and François Asensi, both former communists who left the French Communist Party in 2010, were, until it was dissolved in 2015, members of the FASE, one of the original constituent groups of Ensemble. An unknown number of local elected officials (including Mayors) and councillors are also members or associates of Ensemble.

Philippe Marlière, professor of political science at University College London, and a long-standing member of the French Socialist Party, and later of the New Anticapitalist Party, joined Ensemble<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.regards.fr/web/article/philippe-marliere-rassemblons|title=Philippe Marlière: Rassemblons toute la gauche qui veut en finir avec ce gouvernement|work=regards.fr|language=fr|access-date=30 August 2015|archive-date=22 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150522041927/http://www.regards.fr/web/article/philippe-marliere-rassemblons|url-status=dead}}</ref> in February 2015.

The headquarters of the movement is in Bagnolet (Seine-Saint-Denis), near Paris.{{Citation needed|date=August 2017}}

Ensemble! has a website<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ensemble-fdg.org/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131125180300/http://www.ensemble-fdg.org/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=25 November 2013|title=Ensemble - Mouvement pour une alternative de gauche écologiste et solidaire|work=ensemble-fdg.org|language=fr}}</ref> which is regularly updated, and publishes bulletins, leaflets, and occasional brochures. Members of the movement are free to publish articles on the website, using a blog facility.

The movement holds an annual summer school (French: 'université d'été') in August. The first was held in Pau, with approximately 300 participants. The second<ref>{{cite web|url=http://le-nouveau-poireau-rouge.blogspot.fr/2015/08/the-2nd-summer-school-of-ensemble.html|title=LE POIREAU ROUGE|author=Colin Falconer|work=le-nouveau-poireau-rouge.blogspot.fr}}</ref> took place at the university of Bordeaux from 22 to 26 August 2015, attracting approximately 420 participants.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ensemble-fdg.org/content/seconde-universite-dete-densemble-un-vrai-succes|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001143/https://www.ensemble-fdg.org/content/seconde-universite-dete-densemble-un-vrai-succes|url-status=usurped|archive-date=4 March 2016|title=Seconde Université d'été d'Ensemble : un vrai succès !|work=ensemble-fdg.org|date=28 August 2015 |language=fr}}</ref>

In the 2017 legislative elections, three Ensemble! activists were elected under the banner of La France Insoumise (LFI), joining its parliamentary group : Clémentine Autain (then co-spokesperson of the movement) in Sevran,<ref name="LF_16102017">{{cite web|access-date=30 April 2020 |author=Marc de Boni |date=16 October 2017 |title=Ensemble !, le mouvement de Clémentine Autain, ne rejoint pas La France insoumise |url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/politique/le-scan/2017/10/16/25001-20171016ARTFIG00185-ensemble-le-mouvement-de-clementine-autain-ne-rejoint-pas-la-france-insoumise.php |website=Le Figaro}}.</ref> Danièle Obono in Paris,<ref>{{cite web|access-date=1 July 2019 |author=Remy Dodet |date=8 November 2017 |title=Danièle Obono, l'insoumise qui embarrasse les insoumis |url=https://tempsreel.nouvelobs.com/politique/20171108.OBS7121/daniele-obono-l-insoumise-qui-embarrasse-les-insoumis.html |website=L'Obs}}.</ref> and Caroline Fiat in Meurthe-et-Moselle.<ref name="LF_16102017" /> Elles prennent leurs distances avec le mouvement par la suite<ref name=":0"/> They later took their distance form the movement. Muriel Ressiguier, an LFI MP elected in Hérault, joined Ensemble! in 2020.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=25 November 2020 |date=21 September 2020 |title=Montpellier : La députée de l'Hérault Muriel Ressiguier rejoint Ensemble ! |url=https://lemouvement.info/2020/09/21/montpellier-la-deputee-de-lherault-muriel-ressiguier-rejoint-ensemble/ |website=Le mouvement}}.</ref>

During a National Collective meeting in mid-October 2017, members voted on three motions to define their relationship with LFI: a rapprochement maintaining two entities, a "search for convergences" while keeping total independence, or a full merger. These proposals obtained 46%, 47% and 16% of the vote respectively, marking a close proximity between the two organizations.<ref name="LF_16102017" />

In May 2022, the centrist coalition Ensemble Citoyens (supporting President Emmanuel Macron) shortened its name to Ensemble. This provoked a legal reaction from the party Ensemble!, whose militants and leaders, including Clémentine Autain, launched a lawsuit for trademark infringement.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=7 May 2022 |author=Sébastien Tronche |date=6 May 2022 |language=fr |periodical=liberation.fr |title=Avec Ensemble et Renaissance, la macronie vole à gauche |url=https://www.liberation.fr/politique/avec-ensemble-et-renaissance-la-macronie-vole-a-gauche-20220506_OR5M77HCHZHYDGMXEMCFBTUXXM}}</ref> The Judicial Court of Paris declared itself incompetent on 8 June 2022,<ref>{{cite web|access-date=5 June 2022 |author=Guillaume Echelard |date=3 June 2022 |title=Au tribunal, le parti de gauche "Ensemble!" attaque LREM et ses alliés |url=https://www.challenges.fr/politique/au-tribunal-le-parti-de-gauche-ensemble-accuse-lrem-et-ses-allies-de-voler-son-nom_815738 |website=Challenges}}.</ref> inviting the party to refer the matter to the Constitutional Council.<ref>[https://reve86.org/un-jugement-sur-lusurpation-du-nom-densemble-tres-politique/ Un jugement sur l'usurpation du nom d'ENSEMBLE ! très politique], sur le site du groupe Ensemble ! de la Vienne.</ref>

Ten members of Ensemble! stood as candidates in the 2022 French legislative election.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|date=25 May 2022 |page=2 |periodical=La lettre d'Ensemble ! |title=Liste des candidats d'Ensemble aux législatives 2022 |url=https://www.calameo.com/read/007055271b389bf22d090}}.</ref> Four were elected: Clémentine Autain, Hendrik Davi, Michel Sala, and Marianne Maximi. All sat in the La France Insoumise-NUPES group.

In June 2022, the Ensemble Insoumis current renamed itself the Ecosocialist Left (Gauche écosocialiste).<ref name=":1">{{cite web|access-date=30 April 2023 |date=1 December 2022 |language=fr |periodical=Le Monde.fr |title=Clémentine Autain tente d'organiser le débat hors les murs de LFI |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2022/12/01/clementine-autain-tente-d-organiser-le-debat-hors-les-murs-de-lfi_6152485_823448.html}}</ref> This evolution led to Ensemble! withdrawing from La France Insoumise.<ref name=":2">{{cite web|access-date=30 April 2023 |date=16 December 2022 |language=fr |title=Jean-Luc Mélenchon coupe les vivres au parti de Clémentine Autain - 16/12/2022 |url=https://www.lalettrea.fr/action-publique_parlement/2022/12/16/jean-luc-melenchon-coupe-les-vivres-au-parti-de-clementine-autain,109874605-art |website=La Lettre A}}</ref> The Gauche écosocialiste subsequently became an autonomous party in March 2023, causing a split within Ensemble.<ref>{{cite web|date=30 November 2022 |periodical=La Provence |title=Un député de Marseille vient présenter la Gauche écosocialiste.}}</ref> As a result, the mouvement lost all of its national elected officials.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=30 April 2023 |date=16 January 2023 |language=fr |title=LFI organise son premier conseil politique sans certains de ses cadres |url=https://www.20minutes.fr/politique/4019066-20230116-lfi-tient-premier-conseil-politique-ruffin-autain-corbiere-ni-garrido |website=www.20minutes.fr}}</ref>

On 25 May 2025, following months of negotiations and a consultation of members, the party's General Assembly voted to merge with L'Après, a new party launched by several former figures of La France Insoumise.<ref>group="Note" name="ensemble-mouvement.com">{{cite web|access-date=25 June 2025 |date=25 May 2025 |language=en |title=Une force commune avec L'APRÈS |url=https://ensemble-mouvement.com/une-force-commune-avec-lapres/ |website=ensemble-mouvement.com}}</ref>

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