The president is “lucid” about the “desire for a change of political direction” after the legislative elections, declared the candidate of the New Popular Front for the post of Prime Minister.
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Representatives of the left-wing coalition and their candidate for Matignon, Lucie Castets, left their meeting with Emmanuel Macron at noon on Friday, August 23. Speaking to the press in the gardens of the Elysée Palace, the candidate for Matignon of the New Popular Front (NFP) said she “ready” has “go build [des] coalitions” if she is appointed to Matignon. The latter wishes “discuss with other political forces to (…) find a way to ensure the stability of the country and finally enable us to respond to the emergencies expressed by the French people”.
The president is “lucid” on the “wish for a change in political direction” after the legislative elections, she welcomed. “Nevertheless, the temptation still seems present for the president to compose his government.” “We told him that it was up to the leading political force, the NFP, to form a government and then to build coalitions with political partners in Parliament.”, said the senior official.
During the meeting, Emmanuel Macron discussed the appointment “fast” of the Prime Minister, declared the First Secretary of the PS Olivier Faure at the exit of the Elysée. The national secretary of the Ecologists Marine Tondelier urged to obtain “An answer on Tuesday”. According to Olivier Faure, the head of state “himself recognized that all the forces represented, which had all participated in the Republican front, unlike the party which is precisely called Les Républicains, were perfectly legitimate both to govern and to embody this change”. A formulation which seems to validate the participation of La France Insoumise in the executive.
“After almost two months since the second round of the legislative elections, the President of the Republic seems to be beginning to understand that he has lost these legislative elections”said the national coordinator of La France insoumise (LFI), Manuel Bompard, who regrets the presence of the resigning government. According to the deputy of Bouches-du-Rhône, the head of state “did not seem to find it particularly incongruous (…) that we are today beating the record of the Fourth Republic for the lifespan of a resigning government.”
