For MP Éric Coquerel, “Emmanuel Macron is looking for a coalition that only exists in fiction”

Re-elected with the New Popular Front label in the first round of the legislative elections in Seine-Saint-Denis, Éric Coquerel, deputy for La France insoumise, is the guest of 19/20 info, Tuesday July 9. What will Emmanuel Macron decide, who has been in retreat since the results of the second round on Sunday July 7? Éric Coquerel, like many of his colleagues, is getting impatient: “What is becoming urgent is that he turns to us, the coalition that came out on top, to respect democracy“, he believes about the President.

And if no potential Prime Minister has yet been designated by the New Popular Front, Emmanuel Macron “could already turn to the different formations, he knows how to do it, he has the telephones”argues the rebellious deputy. “Clearly, he is looking for some coalition that only exists in fiction.”continues Éric Coquerel, evoking the idea of ​​a transpartisan alliance, but without LFI, launched by the presidential camp. For the elected representative of Seine-Saint-Denis, the head of state is delaying the deadline, and “try to avoid this situation which is inevitable”.