President of France, Emmanuel Macron, this Wednesday, increased expectations for the upcoming appointment of prime minister by indicating that there will be no appointment until the political forces succeed in “building a strong majority.” which the left side, the leading force in the National Assembly, resolutely rejects.
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In a letter to the public published while he was coming to Washington to participate in the NATO summit, that is. The French president argued that the nature of these elections, “due to a clear demand for change and power sharing”, “requires the building of a broad-based coalition.”
This agreement, which seems like an impossible answer so far, will require “some time to give the political forces to develop these commitments calmly and with mutual respect,” shows the letter of the presidency, which was released through various regional media .
Gabriel Attal, Prime Minister of France.
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Until then, Macron intends to keep the current government, led by Gabriel Attal, despite the left-wing coalition of the New Popular Front (NFP) demanding that a prime minister be appointed from its ranks. from the same Sunday, despite the fact that its 182 deputies are far from a clear majority of 289 that would guarantee governability.
In fact, Macron defended this Wednesday that no one really won the elections, since “no political force obtained a sufficient majority on its own.”
What the French have chosen at the polls, in short Macron, is the “republican front”, which excludes the real right and could be the most radical left of La France Insoumise (LFI), included within the NFP together with the Socialist Party (PS). ), the environmentalists and the communists.
The left accuses Macron of not respecting the polls
“It is the royal veto of universal suffrage. It aims to give time to form another coalition after the elections,” criticized Jean-Luc Mélenchon, founder of LFI, on the social network X.
“He does not match history. More alone than ever, Emmanuel Macron has bad manners. Now the New Popular Front must rule. The President must embrace democracy,” The representative Clémence Guetté, one of the names mentioned among the possible proposals for the prime minister from the LFI camp, said on the same social network.
On her behalf, the head of the environment, Marine Tondelier, He accused the president of avoiding recognizing the results of the elections and recalled that he was the only one who decided to dissolve the National Assembly and call early elections.
Jean-Luc Mélenchon
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The Socialists were more moderate, but the party’s first secretary, Olivier Faure, who has already said publicly that he would be ready to take the job of prime minister, insisted that Macron cannot act as if the elections had not happened.
Furthermore, when asked about a maneuver that would make LFI unable to govern, Faure confirmed that he had chosen “the union of the left” and promised that he would not change his position, since he wanted with those who want to share it, really. without controlling it and implementing your program.
A government including LFI proposed by the Macronist center deputies is not an option – the big witch of the elections, leaving about 100 seats, but still key in the formation of the government -, today again Remind the red lines that they will not accept more.
“If there is one LFI Minister, we will destroy that executive immediately,” outgoing Equality Minister Aurore Bergé, from the main right wing of Macron’s Renaissance party, warned journalists next Wednesday.
Laurent Wauquiez, the recently appointed parliamentary leader of the classic right Los Republicanos (CD), which has 68 deputies and its allies, spoke similarly.
“There will be no alliance with the New Popular Front,” said Wauquiez, who recommends the exclusion of Marine Le Pen’s National Rally (RN) and Mélenchon’s France Insoumise.
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For her, The extreme right Lepenist – which had scored a stunning victory after arranging for a third force by adding 143 seats along with its allies – was also charged against Macron’s position.
“This circus is becoming worthless,” Le Pen sent on her social networks, after pointing out, in her letter, that Macron intends to “block LFI” in the same way as cordon sanitaire on its deputies in the legislative elections.