New Anticapitalist Party

New Anticapitalist Party
Nouveau Parti anticapitaliste
AbbreviationNPA
LeaderCollective leadership
(Central committee)
Main spokespersonChristine Poupin [fr][1]
Founded8 February 2009; 15 years ago (2009-02-08)
Preceded byRevolutionary Communist League
Headquarters2, rue Richard-Lenoir 93100 Montreuil
Membership (2018)Decrease 2,000[2]
IdeologyAnti-capitalism
Alter-globalisation
Eco-socialism
Euroscepticism[3]
Feminism
Progressivism
Socialism of the 21st century[4]
Political positionFar-left
National affiliationNew Popular Front (2024–present)
European affiliationEuropean Anti-Capitalist Left
International affiliationFourth International[5]
Colours  Red
National Assembly
1 / 577
Senate
0 / 343
European Parliament
0 / 72
Regional councils
2 / 1,758
Website
nouveaupartianticapitaliste.org
nouveaupartianticapitaliste.fr

Constitution of France
Parliament; government; president

The New Anticapitalist Party (French: Nouveau Parti anticapitaliste, [nuvo paʁti ɑ̃tikapitalist], abbreviated NPA, [ɛn pe a]) is a far-left political party in France founded in February 2009. The party launched with 9,200 members and was intended to unify the fractured movements of the French radical Left, and attract new activists drawing on the combined strength of far-left parties in the 2002 presidential elections, where they achieved 10.44% of the vote and 7% in 2007.

The political party is closely associated with postal worker Olivier Besancenot, the main spokesman of the former Trotskyist party, the Revolutionary Communist League (LCR), the NPA's main predecessor. In March 2011, Myriam Martin [fr] and Christine Poupin [fr] were elected the main spokespersons of the NPA.[1] In May 2012, Myriam Martin supported the candidate of the Left Front, Jean-Luc Mélenchon in the 2012 presidential election instead of the NPA candidate, a worker and union activist at Ford's car plant in Bordeaux, Philippe Poutou, who came eighth in the first round with 411,160 votes, 1.15% of the total votes. She left the NPA in July 2012.

  1. ^ a b New Anticapitalist Party press release, 28 March 2011
  2. ^ "CONGRÈS. QUE RESTE-T-IL DU NOUVEAU PARTI ANTICAPITALISTE ?" (in French). February 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  3. ^ "Leur Europe n'est pas la nôtre!" (in French). NPA. 19 May 2010. Archived from the original on 24 May 2009. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  4. ^ Clavel, Geoffroy (30 January 2015). "NPA recherche anciens militants: où sont-ils partis?". HuffPost (in French). Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  5. ^ "Organizations | Fourth International". Fourth International. Retrieved 28 May 2024.