Some figures in French politics thought or still think they can use the Yellow Vests movement to their advantage in the name of convergence of struggles.
But what if, in the end, it is at the transnational level that alliances will form?
After the sovereignist international dear to Marine Le Pen, Matteo Salvini, and other comrades, won’t it be the “movementist” international that sees the light of day during the European elections?
Luigi Di Maio, Deputy Prime Minister and political leader of the M5S, explains on the blog of the Five Star Movement that “in Italy, we have been following your fight since the day of your first appearance, coloring the streets of Paris and other French cities yellow.”
“The Five Star Movement is ready to provide the support you need,” he assures.
The movement revives the M5S political leader, “we can offer some features of our direct democracy operating system, the Rousseau platform, for example,” calling for action “to organize events on the ground or the voting system to define the electoral program and choose the candidates to present for the elections.”
“It is a system designed for a horizontal and spontaneous movement like yours, and we would be happy if you wanted to use it,” said Di Maio.
For him: “In France, as in Italy, politics has become deaf to the citizens’ needs. The cry that rises strongly in the French squares is finally this: ‘let’s participate!’. the same spirit that has been animating the Five Star Movement and thousands of Italians since October 4, 2009, the day of our birth, and from that moment, we have never stopped.”
A new Europe is being born. That of the yellow vests, that of the movements, that of direct democracy. It’s a tough battle that we can lead together. But you, yellow vests, don’t give up!” he concludes.
