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New Prime Minister: Jean-Luc Mélenchon raises the idea of a left-wing government without Insoumis
New Prime Minister: Jean-Luc Mélenchon raises the idea of a left-wing government without Insoumis
(franceinfo)
After the first consultations at the Élysée Palace on Friday 23 August to find a Prime Minister, the centre and the right clearly said that they would censure a government with Insoumis. On Saturday, Jean-Luc Mélenchon opened the door to a government without LFI ministers.
In the battle for Matignon, Jean-Luc Mélenchon took everyone by surprise on Saturday August 24, with a question to the leaders of the Macronist and right-wing parties: “If Lucie Castets’ government does not include any rebellious ministers, will you commit to not voting for censure?”The idea surprised Lucie Castets, present at the LFI summer university near Valence (Drôme). “I think that the four forces of the NFP have a vocation to govern. (…) I await the answer”she said.
For Philippe Juvin, LR deputy for Hauts-de-Seine, it’s no. “Mrs. Castets is the child of LFI, she is the child of Mr. Mélenchon”he warns. The same tone is heard in the Macronist camp, which is pointing to a PR stunt. “It’s not because LFI won’t be in the henhouse that Jean-Luc Mélenchon won’t be the pen”believes Karl Olive, deputy of Ensemble pour la République des Yvelines. Emmanuel Macron must continue his consultations. On Monday, August 26, he will receive the leaders of the National Rally and then their ally Éric Ciotti.
