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Ensemble (political movement)

Ensemble (full name in French 'Ensemble - Mouvement pour une Alternative de Gauche, Ecologique et Solidaires) is a French political movement launched in November 2013 by several smaller groupings, including: - the Anticapitalist Left (Gauche Anticapitaliste), a group formed in 2011 as a current within the Trotskyist-influenced New Anticapitalist Party, which it left in 2012; - Les Alternatifs, an organisation founded in 1988 some of whose roots go back to the Unified Socialist Party (Parti Socialiste Unifié); - the Federation for a Social and Ecological Alternative (Fédération pour une Alternative Sociale et Ecologique, FASE), a group formed in 2008 including many former members of the French Communist Party, and including the association Communistes Unitaires. Its membership is thus made up of activists coming from various political traditions: altercommunist, trotskyist, feminist, 'red-green', ecologist etc., as well as trade unionists and global justice activists (alterglobalists).

The movement is a member of the Left Front (Front de Gauche), which also includes the French Communist Party and the Left Party (Parti de Gauche).

Ensemble (sometimes written 'Ensemble!') held its founding conference in January-February 2015 in Saint-Denis (Seine-Saint-Denis), at which time most of its founding groups ceased to exist.

A national delegate meeting takes place in principle 3 times per year. A national coordinating committee ('Equipe d'Animation Nationale, EAN') meets weekly. Its spokespersons include Myriam Martin, Clémentine Autain and Jean-François Pellissier.

The headquarters of the movement is located in Bagnolet (Seine-Saint-Denis), a suburb of Paris.

Ensemble! has a website which is regularly updated, and publishes bulletins, leaflets and occasional brochures. Members of the movement are free to publish articles on the website, using a blog facility.

The movement holds an annual summer school (in French 'université d'été') in August. The first was held in Pau, with approximately 300 participants. The second took place at the university of Bordeaux from 22 to 26 August 2015, with approximately 420 participants.