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Christian Lamothe (born 1952 in

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

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

Unitary Left Unitary Left (''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 Re ...

party. Picquet joined the Revolutionary Communist League (LCR) in 1968, but left the party in 1971 to join a smaller

internationalist Internationalist may refer to: * Internationalism (politics), a movement to increase cooperation across national borders * Liberal internationalism, a doctrine in international relations * Internationalist/Defencist Schism, socialists opposed to ...

communist party. He rejoined the LCR in 1980 and was elected to the LCR's

Politburo A politburo () or political bureau is the executive committee for communist parties. It is present in most former and existing communist states. Names The term "politburo" in English comes from the Russian ''Politbyuro'' (), itself a contraction ...

in 1984. As a member of the Politburo, he was responsible for the party's relations with other left-wing parties in France, and he developed the LCR's first relations with the larger French Communist Party (PCF). Picquet was a member of the "Unir" movement within the LCR, which favoured at first close ties with other left-wing parties such as the French Communist Party rather than far left parties, before calling on the creation of a common party of the left with the PCF. This faction, known as ''Unir'' was a minority faction within the LCR and disappeared with the creation of the

New Anticapitalist Party The New Anticapitalist Party (french: Nouveau Parti anticapitaliste , abbreviated NPA) 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 LCR's successor party. In 2009, at the creation of the

, he founded the

with a part of ''Unir'' minority. The Unitarian Left joined the PCF-led Left Front. He was selected to be the third candidate on the Left Front's list in the Île-de-France constituency ahead of the 2009 European elections.

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1952 births Living people Politicians from Paris Revolutionary Communist League (France) politicians Unitary Left politicians {{France-politician-stub