17 Facts About Philippe Poutou

Philippe Poutou was a car industry worker until his factory closed in 2019.

Philippe Poutou was a candidate for the Revolutionary Communist League in the 2007 legislative election.

Philippe Poutou stood in the 5th constituency of Gironde, where he gathered 1,582 votes and placed eighth, as the party failed to win a seat in the National Assembly.

Philippe Poutou then led its successor party, the New Anticapitalist Party, in the 2010 regional election in his home region of Aquitaine.

Philippe Poutou stood again in the 2012 legislative election in which he gathered 1,264 votes and placed eighth a second time.

Philippe Poutou explained that, while he hoped Hollande would win rather than Sarkozy, the New Anticapitalist Party would have to help build an "opposition on the left" to the new government.

On 20 March 2016, Philippe Poutou was nominated by the New Anticapitalist Party as its candidate in the 2017 presidential election.

Philippe Poutou's remarks earned him the applause of fellow candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon of La France Insoumise.

Philippe Poutou attacked Francois Fillon and Marine Le Pen, the first of which warned he could sue for the corruption claims that were made.

Furthermore, Philippe Poutou addressed the moderators stating "it's not because I don't have a tie that you have to interrupt me".

For several media observers, Philippe Poutou was the most prominent debate partaker.

Philippe Poutou supported and took part in the yellow vests movement that started in 2018, within the larger protests against Emmanuel Macron, stating it was "the expression of a fed up with a society that is deeply unjust".

Philippe Poutou stated he had "many things to say" to incumbent President Emmanuel Macron.

Ahead of the 2022 legislative election, Philippe Poutou announced his party would not take part in the New People's Ecologist and Social Union headed by Melenchon.

Philippe Poutou was notably critical of the Socialist Party's weight in the alliance.

Philippe Poutou himself was invested as the NFP's candidate in Aude's 1st constituency.

Philippe Poutou would reach the second round, but be defeated by RN incumbent Christophe Barthes.