Unitary Left^[2] (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 Revolutionary Communist League.

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Unitary Left Gauche unitaire
Leader	Christian Picquet
Founded	14 March 2009
Dissolved	September 2015
Merged into	French Communist Party
Ideology	Anti-capitalism[1] Socialism[1] Democratic socialism
Political position	Left-wing to far-left
National affiliation	Left Front (2009–2014)
European affiliation	Party of the European Left
Colours	Red
Seats in the National Assembly	0 / 577
Seats in the Senate	0 / 343
Seats in the European Parliament	0 / 72
Seats in Regional Councils	7 / 1,880
Website
www.gauche-unitaire.fr
Politics of France Political parties Elections Constitution of France Parliament; government; president

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The creation of the party was announced on 8 March 2009 at the founding congress of the Left Front electoral coalition ahead of the 2009 European elections. Picquet, whose opposition faction represented 3.7% at the founding congress of the New Anticapitalist Party, disagreed with the majority's refusal to ally with the Communist-led Left Front for the European elections.

As a result, Picquet's small movement integrated the Left Front and Picquet was the third candidate on the coalition's list in the Île-de-France constituency.

Ideologically, the party sought to unite all democratic socialists opposed to neo-liberalism under a common front.

The GU was part of the Left Front until 2014.

On 8 September 2015, the GU decided to merge into the French Communist Party. This decision was taken to limit the division of the left.^[3]