“The new Prime Minister should not only be appreciated by the left,” advises re-elected PS MP Philippe Brun

The socialist MP for Eure believes that to obtain a majority in the chamber, the person chosen by the New Popular Front (NFP) will also have to be “appreciated by a hundred other MPs”.

A left-wing figure who creates consensus beyond his ranks. Here is the advice of Philippe Brun, PS deputy re-elected in the 4th constituency of Eure, invited Monday July 8 on franceinfo to designate the future Prime Minister. He “should not only be appreciated by the left”he says. The MP believes that in order to obtain a majority in the chamber, the person chosen by the NFP will also have to be “appreciated by a hundred other deputies”.

“There is no question of governing without a majority, as we have seen in the last two years, with the help of Article 49.3“, affirms Philippe Brun. To go and get this majority, the PS deputy proposes to go and get “on the side of the Socialist Party […] and to look towards the center if we want to have discussions”The newly re-elected MP wants to follow the example of thes “coalition contracts in Spain or Germany”.

There is therefore no question of appointing a personality from La France Insoumise (LFI) because if “We don’t make concessions, we don’t govern”. “We must recognize democracy”adds the only re-elected Eure MP not labelled with the National Rally (RN). “The ballot boxes have spoken, the country must be given a government” to implement the New Popular Front government. Even if it is not 100% of the electoral program, “50% will already change people’s lives a lot”.

To pass the laws by vote at the Palais Bourbon, Philippe Brun wants “Let’s face it: the majority can also go as far as the LR (Les Républicains)”. Philippe Brun thus imagines points of agreement with certain deputies known to be on the left of the right-wing party, such as Aurélien Pradié who “voted against pension reform” or Olivier Marleix “in favor of the nationalization of EDF”.

In any case, Philippe Brun, who was not swept away by the tidal wave of the National Rally (54 additional seats in two years), has some advice for all the left-wing parties: find a way to talk to the left again. “peri-urban and rural France”conquered in recent years by the far-right party.