 The new Popular Front, as it's called, is named after the historic Front Populaire, a coalition formed against the extreme right in 1936. This modern-day version, an unruly grouping of social democrats, communists, psychologists, and the far-left France Unbowed Party, says it's best placed to beat the far-right. One of its main leaders, Raphael Glucksmann, said they had no choice but to join forces.