A left-wing Prime Minister by the end of the week? This is the promise whispered by the leaders of the New Popular Front, but which is slow to take shape. The environmentalist Sandra Regol, re-elected MP for the 1st constituency of Bas-Rhin, assured on franceinfo on Thursday that the name of the Prime Minister proposed by the New Popular Front will be announced “by tonight, maybe by tomorrow morning”. Several left-wing leaders do not hide their impatience and the difficulties of the process underline the rivalry between La France Insoumise and the Socialist Party for Matignon. Follow our live.
Marine Le Pen promises to censor any government including “rebellious” or environmentalist ministers. “There is one thing that is certain: the RN group will censor any government where LFI and environmentalists have ministerial responsibilities,” said the leader of the National Rally deputies on Thursday evening.
Elisabeth Borne will not be a candidate for the presidency of the Renaissance group in the Assembly. At the National Assembly, the election of the president of the Renaissance group will take place on Saturday morning, franceinfo learned from parliamentary sources, confirming information from LCP. It should see several heavyweights from the presidential camp, including the Prime Minister, Gabriel Attal, oppose each other. Her predecessor, Elisabeth Borne, whose name has been circulating in recent days, will not be a candidate, her entourage assured France Télévisions.
For Manon Aubry, Emmanuel Macron “is in total denial of reality.” The European deputy La France insoumise regretted, Thursday on franceinfo, that he “refuses to name the political bloc that came out on top in the legislative elections at Matignon [le Nouveau Front populaire]” and that he “clings to power like a mussel to its rock.” Still on franceinfo, the LFI deputy Mathilde Panot, for her part, denounced “a democratic coup”.