Unitarian Left is a political party in France

France

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 which used to be one part of a faction (under the name Unir or Unite) within the Revolutionary Communist League

Revolutionary Communist League (France)

See Revolutionary Communist League for the other Ligue communiste révolutionnaire.The Revolutionary Communist League was a French democratic revolutionary socialist political party. It was the French section of the Fourth International...

. The party is led by Christian Picquet

Christian Picquet

Christian Lamothe , better known with his pseudonym Christian Picquet, is a French activist and politician. He is the leader of the new Unitarian Left party....

, a former member of the Revolutionary Communist League

Revolutionary Communist League (France)

See Revolutionary Communist League for the other Ligue communiste révolutionnaire.The Revolutionary Communist League was a French democratic revolutionary socialist political party. It was the French section of the Fourth International...

.

The creation of the party was announced on March 8, 2009 at the founding congress of the Left Front

Left Front (France)

The Left Front is a French electoral coalition for the 2009 European elections composed primarily of the French Communist Party, the Left Party and the Unitarian Left...

 electoral coalition ahead of the 2009 European elections

European Parliament election, 2009 (France)

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. Picquet, whose opposition faction represented 3.7% at the founding congress of the New Anticapitalist Party

New Anticapitalist Party

The New Anticapitalist Party is a French political party founded in February 2009. Its name was originally intended to be temporary; a vote on the name being held at the founding congress on 6–8 February 2009, where NPA won over "Revolutionary Anticapitalist Party" with 53% of the vote.The party ...

, disagreed with the majority's refusal to ally with the Communist

French Communist Party

The French Communist Party is a political party in France which advocates the principles of communism.Although its electoral support has declined in recent decades, the PCF retains a large membership, behind only that of the Union for a Popular Movement , and considerable influence in French...

-led Left Front

Left Front (France)

The Left Front is a French electoral coalition for the 2009 European elections composed primarily of the French Communist Party, the Left Party and the Unitarian Left...

 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

Île-de-France (European Parliament constituency)

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 constituency.

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