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Unitary Left Gauche unitaire
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Leader	Christian Picquet
Founded	14 March 2009
Dissolved	September 2015
Merged into	French Communist Party
Ideology	Anti-capitalism^[1] Socialism^[1] Democratic socialism
Political position	Left-wing to far-left
National affiliation	Left Front (2009–2014)
European affiliation	Party of the European Left
Colours	Red
Website
www.gauche-unitaire.fr
Politics of France Political parties Elections Constitution of France Parliament; government; president

Unitary Left^[2] (Gauche unitaire, GU) was a political party in France that was originally faction (under the name Unir or Unite) within the Revolutionary Communist League. The party is led by Christian Picquet, a former member of the Revolutionary Communist League.

The creation of the party was announced on 8 March 2009 at the founding congress of the Left Front electoral coalition ahead of the 2009 European elections. Picquet, whose opposition faction represented 3.7% at the founding congress of the New Anticapitalist Party, disagreed with the majority's refusal to ally with the Communist-led Left Front for the European elections.

As a result, Picquet's small movement integrated the Left Front and Picquet was the third candidate on the coalition's list in the Île-de-France constituency.

Ideologically, the party sought to unite all democratic socialists opposed to neo-liberalism under a common front.

The GU was part of the Left Front until 2014.

On 8 September 2015, the GU decided to merge into the French Communist Party. This decision was taken to limit the division of the left.^[3]

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Official website Archived 11 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine

Party of the European Left

European Parliament group: The Left in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL

Parties

Member parties	Austria KPÖ Belarus Spravedlivyj Mir Bulgaria BL/БЛ Croatia RF Czech Republic Levice Estonia Vasakliit Finland SKP Vas. France PCF GRS Germany Die Linke Greece New Left Greece Syriza Hungary European Left Italy PRC Luxembourg Déi Lénk Moldova PCRM PCP Romania PSR San Marino SU Slovenia Levica Spain IU PCE EUiA Switzerland PdA/PST-POP/PSL Turkey SOL United Kingdom Left Unity
Observer parties	Error creating thumbnail: MD Cyprus AKEL/ΑΚΕΛ Czech Republic KSČM Italy SI Northern Cyprus YKP BKP Slovakia KSS Spain Sortu
Partner parties	Austria Der Wandel France Ensemble! République et socialisme Germany Marxist Left Hungary Táncsics United Kingdom Democratic Left Scotland
Former members	Belgium KP PCB Denmark Enhedslisten Greece SYN/ΣΥΝ Hungary Munkáspárt San Marino RCS France PG FI GU Portugal B.E.

Party presidents

European Parliament
Group presidents

Other prominent figures

See also

European political foundation: Transform Europe

v t e French Communist Party
General Secretary	Ludovic-Oscar Frossard (1921–1923) Louis Sellier and Albert Treint (1923–1924) Louis Sellier (1924) Pierre Semard (1924–1929) Henri Barbé, Pierre Célor, Benoît Frachon and Maurice Thorez (1929–1930) Maurice Thorez (1930–1950) Jacques Duclos (1950–1953) Maurice Thorez (1953–1964) Waldeck Rochet (1964–1969) Georges Marchais (1969–1972) Waldeck Rochet (1972) Georges Marchais (1972–1994) Robert Hue (1994–2001) Marie-George Buffet (2001–2010) Pierre Laurent (2010–2018) Fabien Roussel (2018–present)
Related articles	History of the French Communist Party List of French Communist Party congresses French Section of the Workers' International Tours Congress Headquarters Mouvement Jeunes Communistes de France Union of Communist Students National Front (French Resistance) Francs-Tireurs et Partisans (FTP-MOI) Union of Russian Patriots French Resistance National Council of the Resistance May 1947 crises MRAP Institut Maurice Thorez Programme commun Unitary Left Marxism–Leninism Eurocommunism Cité Gagarine
Publications	L'Humanité Le Travailleur de Lot-et-Garonne Le Travailleur du Centre Ouest Le Travailleur du Loiret L'Enchaîné du Nord et du Pas-de-Calais Front rouge La Bretagne ouvrière, paysanne et maritime La Voix de l'Est Le Prolétaire normand Les Lettres Françaises Pif Gadget
Derivatives	Socialist-Communist Union Workers and Peasants Party Proletarian Unity Party French Popular Party Federation of Marxist-Leninist Circles in France / Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of France Workers' Communist Party of France Convention for a Progressive Alternative Pole of Communist Revival in France Movement of Progressives
Related	Popular Front (1936–1938) French Committee of National Liberation (1940–1947) Plural Left (1997–2002) Left Front (2008–present)
Parliamentary groups	National Assembly Senate

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