Overview
- France’s top administrative court rejected challenges from La France insoumise and Éric Ciotti’s UDR to the Interior Ministry’s February reclassification circular.
- Judges found no manifest error of assessment given the 2026 context and observed alliances, citing UDR tie-ups with the Rassemblement National.
- For LFI, the ministry pointed to a strong challenge to judicial authority, systematic accusations against police and calls to civil disobedience as evidence of radicalization.
- It is the first time since its 2016 creation that LFI is placed in the far-left bloc, after a 2024 ruling had kept it within the left.
- The change separates LFI’s votes from other left parties in official tallies, and LFI leaders denounce the move as politicized stigmatization.