Emmanuel Macron brushes aside Lucie Castets’ name for Matignon

White smoke at the New Popular Front. Two weeks after the legislative elections and one hour before Emmanuel Macron’s speech, the four parties of the left have finally agreed to propose the name of Lucie Castets for the post of Prime Minister.It is now up to the President of the Republic to appoint Lucie Castets as Prime Minister.“, stressed LFI MP Manuel Bompard.

A few minutes after the announcement, Emmanuel Macron swept away the hopes of the NFP.The question is not a name, it is what majority can emerge in the Assembly so that a government of France can pass reforms, pass a budget and move the country forward.“, he replied. However, the president had ordered the left to choose a name. Emmanuel Macron announced that he will not appoint a new government before the end of the Olympic Games, in mid-August.