Sébastien Ville is a member of Gauche Anticapitaliste in France and formerly of the NPA. He is a member of the IC of the Fourth International where he participates in following Venezuela and Cuba.
The first round of the local elections took place against a backdrop of widespread creeping fascism in France and comes after a brutal offensive by the far right, during which the traditional ‘Republican’ right has decisively broken from much of its historical framework and values.