France at a crossroads, Attal: “Power in the hands of the far right or Parliament”

After Sunday’s legislative election runoff, power in France will be “either in the hands of a far-right government” or “of Parliament,” French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal said in an interview with France Inter. “I am fighting for the second scenario” without mentioning a “coalition,” Attal said. “Today, there is a bloc capable of having an absolute majority in the National Assembly, it is the far right. Neither La France Insoumise, nor the Nouveau Front Populaire, nor our candidates are capable of forming an absolute majority in the National Assembly alone,” the prime minister admitted.

“At the end of this second round, power will be in the hands of a far-right government, or power will be in Parliament. I am fighting for this second scenario,” Attal explained. “And I am fighting so that in this second scenario, the candidates of the presidential coalition are sufficiently present in this National Assembly,” he explained.