(Paris) Unable to accept Matignon’s candidacy, the left struggled on Monday to overcome its differences: Insoumis slammed the “formal opposition” of the Socialists, who are now considering a return to civil society, while Gabriel Atal and Emmanuel Macron must join forces and refine their strategy.
Pending the establishment of the new assembly and the much-anticipated election of the next president of the National Assembly, on Thursday, the President welcomed the party leaders of the presidential camp at the Élysée, including Stéphane Sejournay (Renaissance) and Mark, in the afternoon. Fesneau is a representative of MoDem leader François Bayrou.
Earlier, Gabriel Atal, the newly elected leader of the Macronist delegation, brought together the revival group via video conference, soon to be renamed “Together for the Republic”.
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Gabriel Atal is still prime minister unless Emmanuel Macron accepts his resignation.
Despite coming to the fore in the Legislative Assembly elections, the New Popular Front, for its part, is yet to find a consensus within the government.
The name of Huguette Bello, leader of La Réunion, close to La France insoumise (LFI), did not convince the Socialist Party (PS) and the route was abandoned at the weekend… After eight days of fruitlessness it is starting to get irritated. Negotiations.
“I’m very angry at the face we’re showing,” environmentalist Sandrine Rousseau said in frustration at X on Monday.
Strong tensions pit the Insoumis and the Socialists, the two main groups of the New Popular Front (NFP), competing for leadership on the left of the New Hemicycle.
“If things are blocked today, it’s the Socialist Party’s fault, clearly,” began LFI coordinator Manuel Bombard, denouncing the “systematic objections, bans, vetoes” on RMC and BFMTV emanating from “all applications” from the PS. ”.
“Nothing is blocked,” replies Olivier Faure, first secretary of the PS, Matignon’s official Socialist candidate.
heading for the perch
To get rid of this, the deputy of Seine-et-Marne proposed to “expand” the prism “to someone from outside” in France 2. “From civil society, we must seek to find the personality that allows us to move forward together,” he explained without naming any names. Environment senator Melanie Vogel at BFM said it “could be a solution”.
The Inzoomis, for their part, have set another priority for the NFP: agreeing on a common candidacy for the presidency of the assembly.
“What happens next depends on these elections for the National Assembly,” stressed Val-de-Marne rebel MP Clemence Guetté on TF1.
The left is playing big in this perch election: a part of the Macronist camp has actually been trying for days to build an alternative majority to the NFP for this key post, which Yaël Braun-Pivet wants to keep.
For example, a deal with the right might allow the presidential constituency to overtake the left in the number of votes.
But another candidate could be broadly consolidated: centrist Charles de Courson. The former representative of the independent Leod group, which campaigned against pension reform, vowed to “guarantee” if he got the job. [du] Smooth functioning of the assembly during an “unprecedented and chaotic period”.
Atal resigns soon
One of the subjects of the week was the question of the Republican Front against the National Rally, which the Left wants to continue in the National Assembly, stripping the RN of any responsibility.
But many Macronist executives, Mme Braun-Pivet opposed it in the wake of the 2022 legislative elections, after which the RN gained two legislative vice-presidents, esp.
This issue of the Republican front was on the agenda of the morning meeting of the Revival Committee around Gabriel Atal, the results of which were not filtered.
Meanwhile, unless Emmanuel Macron accepts his resignation, Mr. Atal is still the Prime Minister.
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President Emmanuel Macron (right) shakes hands with Prime Minister Gabriel Atal during a July 14 parade.
That should be “Tuesday or Wednesday,” Interior Minister Gerald Dormanin said on Monday. However, the current committee will manage the “current affairs” for a certain period of time, especially during the most important period of the Olympic Games. A meeting of ministers scheduled for 11:30 am on Tuesday will pave the way for this new framework.
At the heart of the political uncertainty, one thing is certain about the future government: it will restore public finances. In a bold report submitted on Monday morning, the Court of Auditors has indeed drawn a worrying assessment.
Its first president, Pierre Moscovici, warned that the need to reduce debt must be “shared” by all political forces.
