Tomorrow morning (Sunday) the polls in France are expected to open in the National Assembly elections, a few weeks after the French presidential election.
The elections to be held tomorrow will be the first round to determine who will go to another round next week on behalf of their party – which will determine the identity of the next French parliament.
6,293 candidates will try to become members of the 577-member French parliament.
French President Emmanuel Macron and his Kadima party will try to preserve new Prime Minister Elizabeth Bourne by gaining a parliamentary majority.
On the other hand, the far-left man behind anti-Israel and even anti-Semitic statements has carried out a series of unions with left-wing parties in an attempt to oust Bourne and become prime minister, the second most important role in France – much to the chagrin of French President Emmanuel Macron.
Unusually in French politics, the far-leftist Melenchon is trying to force the French president to become prime minister by creating a ‘blocking bloc’ of the left bloc, which will prevent Macron from advancing any reform if he does not succumb to his demand. All this on the assumption of course that Melenchon and the rest of the left will achieve the electoral possibility.
According to the French constitution, only the president of France elects the prime minister – but it seems that if Melenchon does get a majority, Macron will not have much choice.
The French presidential election Held a few weeks ago can teach us that in France there are three blocs: the center-right of Macron, the extreme right of Le Pen, and the extreme left of Melanchone.
Macron, in an attempt to appeal to Melanchone’s audience, chose Elizabeth Bourne as Prime Minister of France, among other things due to the fact that the last government had a left-wing marker.
Although in the presidential election Macron and Le Pen appeared to be leading the big blocs, in the National Assembly election the right remained divided, while the left united, gaining significant momentum.
This is how it will work
As mentioned, tomorrow morning the polling stations where the citizens of France in the various provinces will open will open. Each district is expected to send one representative – and similar to the presidential election, if none of the candidates obtained a majority, a round of voting takes place two weeks later.
Each party tries to get as many candidates on its behalf as possible to win the district elections, elections that will determine the identity of parliament for the next five years.
At the same time, many of the counties will be forced to go to another round of elections next Sunday, which will leave, perhaps, the possibility of Jean-Luc Melenchon becoming prime minister on the face of President Macron’s anger.
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What’s the chance of Melenchon becoming prime minister?
As mentioned, after many presidential elections in which Melenchon tried to become President of France, the far left is now aiming for the second most important position in the French Republic.
If in the next election the estimates are justified and the turnout is low, this may serve the center-right and Emanuel Macron – since his voters are an older population that goes out to vote.
Melenchon’s far – left voters, on the other hand, are younger, and less likely to go out and vote – something that could play to Jean – Luc Melenchon’s detriment.
Just as in Israel the key word is 61, in France the number is slightly higher – 289 (currently Macron holds 308 seats), the number of members most often required in parliament. Will Melanchone get a ‘blocking block’? Will Macron succeed along with his prime minister Bourne? We will know soon.