Faire mieux pour Montpellier (Do better for Montpellier) is the coalition list of the radical left and popular ecology for the 2026 municipal elections. Initially led by La France Insoumise (LFI), it has expanded to become the main alternative pole to current metropolitan policies.

The list now brings together:

• La France Insoumise (LFI): an anti-liberal, environmentalist, and republican movement.
• Cause Commune: a citizen collective rooted in local neighborhoods and committed to local democracy.
• The REV (Ecological Revolution for the Living): a radical and anti-speciesist ecological organization.
• Figures from political ecology, such as Julia Mignacca, and social movements.

The list is led by Nathalie Oziol, MP for Hérault.

Nathalie Oziol and the Gathering of the Left

Nathalie Oziol is the MP for the 2nd constituency of Hérault. She has been involved for a long time in local social and political mobilizations and regularly intervenes on issues related to public services, precariousness, ecology, and public freedoms.

Her candidacy embodies a desire to unite the forces of social and ecological transformation around a project that breaks with the outgoing municipal management. The rallying of Cause Commune, REV, and figures like Julia Mignacca marks a key step in building this assumed left-wing pole.

A Gathering Strategy for Social Transformation

For the 2026 municipal elections, the Faire mieux pour Montpellier (Do better for Montpellier) list marks a turning point. While it relies on the programmatic base of La France Insoumise, it now claims a broad gathering dynamic with citizen forces (Cause Commune) and radical ecology (the REV, Julia Mignacca).

In Montpellier, this strategy translates into:

• the construction of a pole of rupture capable of frontally opposing the outgoing socialist majority;
• the refusal of unequal metropolization and liberal management of the city;
• the affirmation of a municipal project rooted in social struggles and popular ecology.

Local Political Positioning

The list situates itself in frontal opposition to the current socialist municipality. Its constituent forces denounce management deemed to serve private interests and real estate speculation, to the detriment of public services and the living environment.

Among the structuring criticisms are:

• metropolitan governance, deemed opaque and disconnected from residents' needs;
• the bétonisation (over-construction) and gentrification of working-class neighborhoods;
• the instrumentalization of ecological issues without a real will for social transformation.

The list thus claims the construction of a citizen municipal alternative, relying on working-class neighborhoods, the communes of the metropolis, and social mobilizations.

Programmatic Axes of the Gathering

The list's program, enriched by contributions from Cause Commune and the REV, is built around several key axes:

• Local Democracy and Citizen Power: radical transformation of governance to give power back to residents (Cause Commune);
• Radical Ecology and Anti-speciesism: defense of the living world, exit from the extractivist model, and climate justice (the REV);
• Social Justice and Public Services: defense of public services, fight against precariousness, and free access to essential needs;
• Housing and Fight Against Speculation: strict rent control, halting useless large real estate projects, and the right to housing for all.

An Articulation Between Local and National Issues

Faire mieux pour Montpellier assumes a political reading according to which municipal policies are the first lever of resistance to neoliberal policies. Nathalie Oziol's candidacy is part of this desire to make Montpellier a pioneer city of social and ecological change.

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