The nation's economy stands as a critical political division that French MPs within the new left-wing alliance "New Popular Front" are addressing. DW interviews Dieynaba Diop, a first-time elected MP from the French center-left Socialist Party, following their parliamentary victory against the far-right party National Rally.
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00:00Diena Badiop is a member of the centre-left Socialist Party and has been elected to the
00:07French Parliament for the first time.
00:10She's part of the left-wing alliance, the New Popular Front, which was hastily put together
00:15to beat back the surging far-right in recent elections.
00:19I'm so happy that we have been able to be focused on the most important for us, just
00:25to preserve our country from this ideology that we have fought so many years ago and
00:32we know how awful it can be.
00:37The values of our republic have been more than the anger and the fear of the other and
00:45I'm very proud of it.
00:48But the far-right's defeat is the only certainty this election has produced.
00:52The left-wing alliance, the New Popular Front, may have won the most number of seats in the
00:57French Parliament or the Assemblée Nationale, but by no means do they have the absolute
01:02majority, that is 289 seats.
01:04They simply don't have the numbers to govern alone.
01:08And there are deep divisions among the parties that make up this alliance about the way forward.
01:14One big reason for that disunity is this man, Jean-Luc Mélenchon.
01:19He heads the biggest party in the alliance, the radical-left France Unbowed Party.
01:25He's a polarizing figure, reviled by President Macron's centrist camp, who came in second
01:30in this election.
01:32They warned the New Popular Front's plans for the economy would be disastrous.
01:39But the radical-left bloc argues voters elected them for their program.
01:45If we've succeeded in pushing back the far-right in this election, that's because we've stirred
01:49hope among voters.
01:51If we dash those hopes, a lot of voters will then say, OK, we'll turn to the far-right.
01:58The center-left Socialist Party says it's more open to compromise, so it's best place
02:04to run France.
02:05We came out on top on the left in European elections just a month ago.
02:10We've made the most progress as a group, we've nearly doubled our MPs, we're a party
02:14that's already governed France, we're a party that builds the bridge between the radical-left
02:19and the center-left.
02:20And bridge-building is exactly what will be needed to overcome the deep distrust and divisions.
02:30First-time MP Diana Badiob says this toxic atmosphere needs to change.
02:36I think that we will have to learn from Germany or the European Parliament, and we have to
02:44learn how to get a consensus, a majority, about the project.
02:51If we are not able to do that, we know that in 2027, this time, we will not be able to
02:59stop the National Resolution, the extreme right to get the hate of our country.
03:08Parties will formally begin their work here in Parliament when it holds its first session.
03:13Their most pressing task will be to try and cobble together a working, stable government,
03:19any which way they can.