Nineteen days before the first round of early legislative elections, the National Rally is looking for alliances. Jordan Bardella assures, Tuesday June 11, “give a hand” to members of the Les Républicains party while warning that“there will be no agreement between political parties”. The party president affirms on RTL that “in the candidates that [son] political movement will support” in the elections, “there will not just be people from the National Rally, there will also be people from the Republicans”. “I call on the Republicans to stop being Emmanuel Macron’s political crutch, I extend my hand to you, come and work alongside us”, he said. Follow our live stream.
“The DNA of the Republican right is never the RN,” maintains Xavier Bertrand. On franceinfo, the president of Hauts-de-France calls on the boss of the Republicans, Eric Ciotti, to clarify the party’s position vis-à-vis the RN. “We owe the truth to our voters”affirms Xavier Bertrand.
Edouard Philippe wants a gathering of “all the political forces of the central bloc”. “We must start from the simple principle that no political party alone is able to implement something that meets the challenges of the French people.”judges the president of Horizons, an ally of the presidential party. “We have to be open, accept that on a certain number of points, we can work with others”he adds on RTL.
Emmanuel Macron will hold a press conference on Tuesday afternoon. The head of state will detail the axes of the presidential camp’s campaign, franceinfo learned from a government source. “I have confidence in the ability of the French people to make the fairest choice for themselves and for future generations”declared Monday the Head of State, whose mobilization at the start of this express campaign contrasts with the great discretion of his Prime Minister, Gabriel Attal, silent since the announcement of the dissolution of the Assembly.
The left is organizing. Gathered Monday evening, the main left-wing parties, including the Socialist Party, the Communist Party, Les Ecologistes and La France insoumise, called for “the constitution of a new popular front” and “single candidates from the first round”. The candidates “will carry a disruptive program detailing the measures to be taken in the first 100 days of the government of the new popular front”.
Five unions are calling for mobilization this weekend. The CFDT, the CGT, Unsa, FSU and Soldidaires want to make their voices heard “social demands” through demonstrations organized on Saturday and Sundaye. “We are calling for demonstrations as widely as possible this weekend to support the need for progressive alternatives for the world of work,” writes the inter-union in a press release Monday evening.