(Paris) Emmanuel Macron is at work on Tuesday, consulting party leaders in turn to find “constructive solutions” to prevent a political deadlock in the absence of a majority in Parliament.
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At the same time, Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne is seeking to continue to act: the entire government – including the three resigning ministers Amélie de Montchalin, Brigitte Bourguignon, Justine Benin – have been meeting at Matignon since 2:30 p.m. for a “working meeting” . They arrived without saying a word, often with closed faces.
In office for just over a month, Mr.me Borne was confirmed until further notice by the Head of State, who refused his resignation early in the morning “so that the government can remain on task and act in these days”, according to the Elysée.
It is indeed a tradition after the legislative elections that the head of government proposes his resignation, before being immediately reappointed to his post. Butme Borne was on an ejection seat after the disappointing results on Sunday in the legislative elections where Macronie lost an absolute majority.
“The Prime Minister pleaded to stay in order to have the tools to deal with the situation and the emergencies of the French, explained those around her. There are many decrees to be taken in the days to come, including the revaluation of the index point, the second phase of Parcoursup… We cannot afford to have a government that does not manage this. »
“Staging? »
But a sign that it is indeed the Head of State who remains in charge, the Elysée recalled that it is he who “will carry out the necessary political consultations by receiving the party leaders likely to have a group to the National Assembly in order to identify possible constructive solutions in the service of the French people”.
Republican boss Christian Jacob was the first to have an hour-long “frank” discussion with him.
At the end, he repeated that the right-wing party refused to enter into “any logic of pact” even if it will “never” be in “the blocking of institutions”. “It is up to him (Macron) to put proposals on the table”, he added, before the holding of a political office of LR at the end of the afternoon.
Succeeding him, the socialist Olivier Faure explained to Emmanuel Macron, who also “questioned him a lot” for an hour as well, that the socialists were “willing” to “move forward” if the government took measures on purchasing power, including an increase in the minimum wage.
“What will he do” with this exchange? “Is it just a stage? We will know in the coming days, ”continued Olivier Faure, stressing that the president seemed aware “that he could no longer be the hyperpresident” that he had been during the first five-year term.
François Bayrou (Modem), Stanislas Guerini (LREM), Marine Le Pen (RN) and Fabien Roussel (PCF) were to succeed each other in the afternoon, before others on Wednesday, such as the leader of the EELV party Julien Bayou then the Rebellious Adrien Quatennens and Mathilde Panot.
Number 2 of LFI will “suggest to Emmanuel Macron a Constituent Assembly to move to the Sixth Republic” given the “deep political crisis” in which France now finds itself.
Disputed terminal
Narrowly elected on Sunday in Calvados, Elisabeth Borne, who does not attend interviews with political parties, was weakened by the electoral slap received on Sunday.
If no one in the macronie has publicly questioned his stay in Matignon at this stage, many opposition leaders continue to demand his departure.
“Mme Borne does not have the legitimacy to continue to lead “the government, estimated Manuel Bompard, the campaign director of the leader of LFI Jean-Luc Mélenchon.
“It’s a little worrying. We have the impression of reliving the previous five-year term, that is to say verticality, Jupiter, “I decide and the others comply””, judged Philippe Ballard, freshly elected RN deputy, on BFMTV.
On the right, Gilles Platret, one of the vice-presidents of LR, regretted that, by refusing his resignation, Emmanuel Macron did not draw “the consequences” of the ballot while Élisabeth Borne “symbolizes the failure” of his camp.
In the morning, the LFI deputies arrived in groups at the Assembly before the ecologists of EELV and the parliamentarians of the PS.
They tried to put an end to the controversy the day before created by the dismissal addressed by LFI’s partners within Nupes to Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s proposal to build a single parliamentary group in order to appear as the first opposition to Emmanuel Macron.
Even if the second force at the Palais Bourbon returns to the National Rally. Marine Le Pen has also warned of her determination to “implement the blocking of all reforms […] harmful, first and foremost retirement at age 65”.