It has already been reported that a broad coalition of left forces won the emergency elections held on July 7, ahead of both Macron’s centrists and the extreme right, but no group won an absolute majority.
The current period is the longest that France has ever been without a head of government after a parliamentary election. The interim government is headed by the former Prime Minister Gabriels Atāls.
Macron’s allies say the left-wing bloc is too weak to contend for the prime ministership and instead hope to build a majority around a candidate from a centrist party.
Macron has been sharply criticized by the opposition for delaying the government formation process at the expense of the Olympics, and even some of Macron’s allies have grown impatient.
This morning, Macron met with Bernard Cazeneuve, who led the government at the end of the presidency of socialist François Hollande in 2016 and 2017. The 61-year-old Kaznevs is considered the most reliable candidate for the post of prime minister, but nothing has been decided yet, a source close to the president told the AFP news agency.
Macron is also scheduled to meet with former presidents Hollande and Nicolas Sarkozy today. According to tradition, the French president consults his predecessors at important moments for the country.
In the afternoon, Macron is scheduled to meet with the leader of the Aude-France region and former minister Xavier Bertrand. Bertrand, 59, would be a much more acceptable figure to the right as prime minister. This opinion was also expressed by Sarkozy, who opposed Kaznev’s candidacy.
Whoever will be appointed as the head of the government, the first big task of the new prime minister will be to submit next year’s budget plan to the parliament.
2024-09-03 03:32:29