“Disaster movie”, “return of Macronism”, “humiliated democracy”… The opposition reacts after the announcement of the Barnier government

The names of the 39 ministers and secretaries of state in the Barnier government were revealed on Saturday evening.

After several weeks of consultations, the Barnier government was detailed on Saturday, September 21, by the Secretary General of the Elysée, Alexis Kohler. “A team! Now, let’s get to work”wrote the Prime Minister on his X account. Opponents were quick to react.

“The end of a paper suspense”, says the NFP

Jean-Luc Mélenchon calls for “get rid of it as soon as possible” of this government which, according to him, “neither legitimacy nor future”. The leader of La France Insoumise denounces “the casting of the new macronist disaster film” and evokes a “government of the losers of the legislative elections”.

“What is happening in our country is a democratic shame,” reacts on franceinfo Pierre Jouvet, PS MEP.“This is the most right-wing government since the last government of François Fillon”believes Pierre Jouvet. He deplores the presence of “a lot of conservative, reactionary people”, Who “for the most part did not participate in the Republican front on July 7th.”

On franceinfo, the PS deputy for Calvados, Arthur Delaporte, claims that his party will censor this new government. “We are fighting head-on against these positions, which are reactionary, retrograde positions, which go against our constitutional principles.”underlines the PS deputy. He denounces the “personalities” chosen to compose this government, but also the “method which is that of denial of the ballot boxes”. “It is not a surprise, but it is always a feeling of anger shared by a large number of voters”, asserts the Norman elected official.

“We were promised a government of concord, we have a hard right government,” castigates Lucie Castets, who had been proposed as a candidate for the post of Prime Minister by the New Popular Front, on X. “It is democracy that is humiliated this evening with the end of a suspense of paper”, she adds. “A government against nature and against nature… Who could have predicted?” says Marine Tondelier, national secretary of the Ecologists. “This is the swan song of Macronism. Don’t lose hope,” says Sandrine Rousseau, Green MP for Paris.

“No future”, says the National Rally

The Barnier government “signs the return of Macronism through a back door” And “has no future”estimates on X, Jordan Bardella, the president of the National Rally. “What the French have democratically sanctioned, on two occasions, cannot be reversed through lamentable political games and calculations.”he said. “This transitional government is the consequence of the quagmire created by unnatural alliances formed during the legislative elections.”adds Marine Le Pen.

“You don’t change a team that fails,” reacts on franceinfo Philippe Ballard, RN deputy of Oise. “This is a team that lost the legislative elections, that took a monumental slap in the face. So we have learned no lessons from what happened in June, from what happened in July.” For Philippe Ballard, the new government team “trying to make something new out of something very old, but it doesn’t work at all.”

Sébastien Chenu, deputy of the North and vice-president of the National Rally, castigates “uA reshuffle that has a bitter taste of reheated food. Michel Barnier promised change, and here we are with the continuity of Macronism with the support of the LR.”

Vigilance required for the former majority

“The government’s colouring leans completely to the right, as F. Fillon would have wanted in 2017”comments Sacha Houlié, deputy of Vienne who left the Ensemble group and has been sitting as a non-registered member since the last legislative elections.

“The positions taken by some of its members and the vagueness of the substance mean that, like my colleagues, I will be vigilant”underlines the Renaissance MP Pieyre-Alexandre Anglade who specifies that he wishes the Barnier government “to succeed”.

On franceinfo, the Renaissance mayor of Nevers Denis Thuriot believes that “What matters today is to succeed for the French” and values ​​itself beyond the divisions of right and left. “If today there is a lack of left-wing ministers, it is because they refused,” he said. Denis Thuriot assures that he will “to watch” how the balance between Macronie and the Republicans will happen, but believes that “Everyone will be smart enough to be able to build a project.”