New Popular Front forced into “political truce”

While Emmanuel Macron is postponing the appointment of a head of government until mid-August, the NFP has resolved to accept the President of the Republic’s timetable.

Emmanuel Macron’s interview on France 2 and franceinfo on Tuesday, July 23, continues to provoke reactions from the New Popular Front. The leaders of the left-wing parties are still demanding the appointment to Matignon of their candidate found on the wire, Lucie Castets, announced a few minutes before the interview with the President of the Republic. But the left is forced to cease operations by the Head of State, who has stated that he will not appoint a Prime Minister before mid-August. The NFP will therefore go on vacation and will meet again in September.

“I can not stand it anymore”a leading environmentalist told franceinfo. The last few weeks have indeed been eventful for these left-wing figures, exhausted after 16 days of discussions to find their Prime Minister, a dissolution and two election campaigns. “We are very tired, it was super intenseconfirms a weighty Insoumis, who has “the feeling that the European elections had two years ago.” “It feels like we’re only coming out of the tunnel today,” he continues.

Members of parliament and executives from left-wing parties are leaving for a few days of vacation and are therefore meeting up in mid-August. The deadline set by the head of state who still has to form a government.

It is at this moment, after the Olympics, that the NFP wants to strike again. Many imagine anger rising among left-wing voters after this break, due to Emmanuel Macron’s decision to sweep aside the Lucie Castets option for Matignon. The latter must end the sequence this week: a final media intervention is mentioned to challenge the head of state.

A final closing meeting is also planned with party leaders. “From now on, all you’ll do is waste cartridges for nothing. We need to save some for after the Olympics.”assures a strategist of France Insoumise.If discussions continue on the government, we must establish the balance of power, take advantage of this window between mid-August and mid-September to campaign, be on the offensive.”before a possible relay from the unions.

A campaign centered around their candidate, the economist Lucie Castets: putting her forward, particularly at the end of August during their political return and summer universities.