Une politique pour temps de monstres : dix thèses

The author contends that the crisis of globalized liberalism has erased the differences between traditional productivist parties, leaving ecology as the only force proposing necessary systemic transformations. The text criticizes the French Green party (EELV) for subordinating itself to the Socialist Party (PS), which it claims led to electoral decline and a failure to influence government policy. To recover, the author advocates for a 'Green New Deal' implemented through 'contractual autonomy'—where alliances are based on specific programmatic agreements rather than 'left-right' labels—and a return to a 'cooperative' structure that integrates party militants and civil society. This strategy is proposed as a means to resist the rise of national-populism and prepare for the 2017 national elections.

• The current crisis of globalized liberalism is erasing the distinctions between social-democratic, social-liberal, and liberal parties, while simultaneously intensifying the conflict between productivist forces and ecologists.
• The rise of national-populist forces, such as Marine Le Pen's National Front (FN), is attributed to the general crisis of liberal-productivism and the failure of the traditional left, specifically the Socialist Party (PS), to provide a progressive alternative or protect citizens within the nation-state.
• The political ecology movement in France suffered a decline, exemplified by Europe Écologie's performance in the 2014 European elections, because it abandoned 'contractual autonomy' in favor of a 'logic of posts' and became a subordinate branch of the traditional left.
• The author proposes a 'Green New Deal' as the roadmap for exiting the liberal-productivist crisis, asserting that cultural hegemony for ecology will only grow through partial implementation, such as in 'transition cities'.
• Future political alliances should be based on six multidimensional criteria rather than the archaic 'left-right' divide: respect for human rights/democracy, universalism vs. ethnocentrism, liberal vs. dirigiste, social level, ecological level, and honesty/corruption.
• To regain influence for the 2017 elections, EELV should return to a 'cooperative' organizational model—a fluid form of gathering that includes party militants, associative activists, and 'great witnesses'—rather than a traditional party structure.

APA

Lipietz, A. (2015). Une politique pour temps de monstres : dix thèses. Green European Journal. https://www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/une-politique-pour-temps-de-monstres-dix-theses/

Chicago

Lipietz, Alain. Une politique pour temps de monstres : dix thèses. Green European Journal, 2015. https://www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/une-politique-pour-temps-de-monstres-dix-theses/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{lipietz2015une, author = {Lipietz, Alain}, title = {{Une politique pour temps de monstres : dix thèses}}, publisher = {Green European Journal}, year = {2015}, month = feb, url = {https://www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/une-politique-pour-temps-de-monstres-dix-theses/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }