While the Elysée promises to“go fast” to finally choose a Prime Minister after 45 days of political crisis, the Bernard Cazeneuve hypothesis continues to agitate the left, like the Socialist Party, crossed by divergences of strategies. The former socialist is looked upon with benevolence by the opponents of Olivier Faure, but the latter refuses that the PS can support someone who would be “the obliged” of the president and still defends the candidacy of Lucie Castets, although rejected by Emmanuel Macron. For his part, theThe first secretary of the PS vigorously denied everythinge internal opposition “between those who would be in favor of compromise and those who would not.” Follow our live stream.
Former President Nicolas Sarkozy called on Republicans to work for “to appoint a right-wing Prime Minister.” In an interview with Figaroon Friday, he also considered that the ex-PS Bernard Cazeneuve is not “in line with the centre of gravity of French politics”.
The NFP “concerned and angry.” “I believe that today, like the country, we are concerned and angry.”declared Lucie Castets during the meeting of the New Popular Front, Friday, at the summer days of the Socialist Party in Blois (Loir-et-Cher). The candidate of the left alliance for Matignon proposed that “in the coming weeks, throughout France, the New Popular Front will once again listen to the population”while Emmanuel Macron ruled out the possibility of an NFP government at the beginning of the week.
For Frédéric ValletouxMinister of Health resigned, “what matters”these are not the names mentioned for the post of Prime Minister, but “the coalition program, which will provide stability”he declared on franceinfo on Saturday morning. “The President of the Republic is within a framework that he has established and which has allowed dialogue”he continued, when asked about the length of the process.