“We do not want to participate in a coalition,” recalls a Republican MP.

On July 11, the president of the LR deputies, Laurent Wauquiez, had already rejected a project of “government coalition”, proposing instead a “legislative pact”.

For the LR deputy of Moselle, Fabien DI Filippo, the most important thing is to determine what are “the country’s priorities”he said on franceinfo Friday, August 16. The presidents of parliamentary groups and those of the parties are invited on August 23 to the Élysée to talk with Emmanuel Macron about a new government. The elected representative from Moselle also wants to point out that his party “does not wish to participate in a coalition.” The deputy of the 4th constituency of Moselle, however, affirms that his party Les Républicains (LR) wants “above all, make progress on the substance”On July 11, the president of the LR deputies, Laurent Wauquiez, had already rejected a draft “government coalition”instead proposing a “legislative pact”.

In any case, Fabien Di Filippo affirms: “The far left cannot govern”when we talk to him about the candidate of the New Popular Front, Lucie Castets, for Matignon. On the evening of Sunday July 7, the alliance of left-wing parties had finished at the top of the vote, without however obtaining an absolute majority in the National Assembly.

The NFP’s economic program, classified as far left by Fabien Di Filippo, is “dangerous […] for our economy”. For the Moselle deputy a candidate “far left” is impossible for Matignon, because the National Rally (RN) and Ensemble! (presidential majority) “would censor such a government”. “You are not going to appoint to Matignon a person that a majority of deputies do not want to see”says Fabien Di Filippo.

Beyond the name of the Prime Minister, the LR deputy judges that the most important thing is not “political concoctions”but to know “what are the country’s priorities”highlighting the 13 measures of the Republicans’ legislative pact. Because to hope “have a coalition”you must first have “a programmatic basis”says the Moselle MP.

Forty days after the second round of early legislative elections, Fabien Di Filippo finally believes that the President of the Republic, “perhaps takes a malicious pleasure in making this situation last” which is not to have a new government, “to send the ball of irresponsibility back into the parties’ court”.