Si Emmanuel Macron has not yet appointed his prime minister, he nevertheless decided a crucial point this day: in his eyes, the NFP and its 182 deputies are not capable of managing the country. As the Elysée indicated in a press release sent to the media at the end of the day, this coalition of leftist parties will not have a sufficient majority to govern: “The President of the Republic noted that a government, on… .
Si Emmanuel Macron has not yet appointed his prime minister, he nevertheless decided a crucial point this day: in his eyes, the NFP and its 182 deputies are not capable of managing the country. As indicated by the Elysée in a press release sent to the press at the end of the day, this coalition of leftist parties will not have a sufficient majority to govern: “The President of the Republic noted that a government, based on the only program and the only parties proposed by the alliance that brings together the most deputies, the New Popular Front, would be immediately censured by all the other groups represented in the National Assembly. »
The rest is even more explicit: “Such a government would therefore immediately have a majority of over 350 MPs against it, effectively preventing it from acting. Taking into account the expression of the consulted political leaders, the institutional stability of our country therefore requires us not to choose this option. »
After a first series of interviews on Monday especially with the representatives of the PNF and the central block, and new exchanges, this month, with the RN, then with Éric Ciotti, the head of state therefore ruled out the possibility of appointing Lucie Castets, the NFP candidate. And this, although this coalition came first in the second round of the legislative elections.
“Mock Opening”
Therefore, the initiative launched on Saturday by Jean-Luc Mélenchon to let an NFP government be formed without LFI ministers has come to an end. Indeed, if this proposal initially seemed to trap the Macronists in their own trap – they who had made the prospect of having LFI ministers an uncrossable red line —, ultimately failed. Shortly before Emmanuel Macron closed the Castets hypothesis, Gabriel Attal had also announced the color crushing this offer of Jean-Luc Mélenchon: “It's a false opening”. “Simulacrum,” which, he added, “is just an attempted coup. » For Gabriel Attal, with or without LFI ministers, the NFP program remains equally unacceptable. And its “unilateral” application – “what Jean-Luc Mélenchon wants” – an immediate cause for censure. While Lucie Castets undertook to “construct” text-by-text compromises, her arguments were not convincing.
Instead, the head of state admitted that the exchanges with the LIOT group and the Ensemble pour la République, MoDem, Horizons, Radicals and UDI parties had drawn “possible paths of coalition and common work”. And the Elysée clarified: “These groups have shown themselves open to supporting a government led by a personality that would not come from their ranks. » Although the Republicans do not intend to participate in any coalition, the Elysée believes that “the Socialist Party, the environmentalists and the communists have not proposed at this stage ways of cooperation with the other political forces. » And to emphasize: “Now it's up to them to do it. »
“Undemocratic”
Consequently, on Tuesday a new cycle of consultations will be organized with party leaders, but also, the Elysée announces, with “personalities noted for their experience in the service of the State and the Republic? Can Xavier Bertrand, the president of the Hauts-de-France LR, and Bernard Cazeneuve, the former prime minister of François Hollande, whose names have been mentioned for Matignon in recent weeks, be invited? To have.
While representatives of the New Popular Front had earlier indicated that they would return to the Elysée only to discuss “cohabitation modalities”, Emmanuel Macron's announcement has angered them. Manuel Bompard, the coordinator of the LFI, denounced “an anti-democratic coup”. Jean-Luc Mélenchon announced “a motion of impeachment” against the head of state. Fabien Roussel, the head of the Communists, called for a great “popular mobilization”.