A double hat for Gabriel Attal. The Prime Minister was appointed on Saturday, July 13, by the Renaissance deputies to chair their group in the National Assembly. Gabriel Attal, re-elected in Hauts-de-Seine in the second round of the legislative elections, was the only candidate in the running for the post. Of the 98 voters, 84 gave their vote to the head of government. This decision concludes a tense week for the Macronists, marked by rumors of candidacies by Elisabeth Borne or Gérald Darmanin against Gabriel Attal. Follow our live feed.
The Socialist Party meets to decide on the question of the Prime Minister. The party is holding a national council on Saturday to agree on the name of the future head of government who will be proposed, according to information from franceinfo. At this stage, “The PS notes that there is no general consensus emerging within the New Popular Front“, stressed MEP Pierre Jouvet, secretary general of the party.
Jean-Luc Mélenchon supports Huguette Bello’s proposal for the post of Prime Minister. The President of the Regional Council “ticks many boxes” to become head of government, the leader of the rebels said on Friday. The name of Huguette Bello was proposed by the communistsafter five days of negotiations. “Rebels, communists and greens”, “at least three formations agree” to support his candidacy for Matignon, assured Jean-Luc Mélenchon, asking the socialists to take into account “consideration” this “solution”.
Emmanuel Macron criticizes the attitude of members of his camp. The President deplored the “disastrous spectacle” given by his camp this week and calls on his troops to “work towards a gathering”focusing ““nation rather than premature ambitions”.