My grandfather was also left-wing, and if he were still alive, he would have said the same thing as you. Of all the people I know, even those who vote for this party, they say they vote far left.

Hehe, yeah true Poutou isn't our biggest star. I'll give you that point on LR also joining the extreme, although not fully and still a majority of the party refuses that alliance. But I really feel LFI carries the old left ideas.

Yes, that's true PS joined LFI but LR joined RN too. It doesn't prove that one politicak party is or isn't far something, it just proves that instead of keeping their convictions they prefer to sell themselves to te highest bidder

@Liafev I figured you are, not a lot of non french people know who Poutou is

(I'm French as well btw Ch'ti, not German. I'm just based in Germany since almost a decade).

But I guess we're turning too specific here for anyone not French to follow :/

No no I know what LFI and NFP are. And to be honest the fact that even the PS rallied LFI last year shows that they are not extreme ideas but rather classical left ideas, the ones center left had before the "socio liberal" turn.