Emmanuel Macron, who on Tuesday July 23 rejected the left’s proposal to appoint his candidate Lucie Castets to Matignon, “wants to impose his new republican front on us by force”, Jean-Luc Mélenchon deplored on X, while Olivier Faure accused him of making “the politics of the worst”. For the head of the Ecologists Marine Tondelier, the head of state is “totally out of step with reality”she lamented to AFP, ironically criticizing a president who “could qualify without any problem for all the rowing events at the Olympics”. Follow our live.
For Emmanuel Macron, the New Popular Front, a minority in the Assembly. “It is wrong to say that the New Popular Front would have a majority, whatever it may be.”hammered Emmanuel Macron, effectively rejecting the candidacy of Lucie Castets. “The question is not a name. The question is what majority can emerge in the Assembly,” added the head of state, guest of France 2, France Inter and franceinfo.
. No government before the end of the Olympic Games, affirmed the President of the Republic. “We have to be focused on the Games. And then from there, depending on how these discussions progress, it will be my responsibility to appoint a Prime Minister and entrust him or her with the task of forming a government.”explained the head of state.
The left agrees on the candidacy of Lucie Castets for the post of Prime Minister. After weeks of tension, the New Popular Front has its candidate for Matignon: Lucie Castets, a senior civil servant unknown to the general public, committed to the defense and promotion of public services.