France, Macron and the national unity government to get out of the crisis
Emmanuel Macron “think” of a “government of national unity“to find” ways out of the political situation “that has arisen in the Assemblée Nationale, the communist deputy, Fabien Roussel said today, after the day of consultations with the president, to the microphones of LCI TV.
Macron tries to get out of the impasse after the defeat in the French elections
Convulsive day for French politics with Emmanuel Macron trying to get out of the impasse in which it has found itself since Sunday evening due to the heavy defeat in the legislative elections. The French president received party leaders at the Elysée in an attempt to find “constructive solutions”, that is, to give the country a parliamentary majority.
France, Macron’s consultations
The first interview was with the president of the Republicains, Christian Jacobwho then told reporters that he confirmed to the head of state that the party is not in “a coalition logic”, in other words it is unwilling to come to Macron’s aid.
The Secretary of the French Socialist Party, Olivier Faure, he instead told the Elysée tenant that “we are willing to move forward” if the government takes measures on purchasing power, in particular with an increase in the SMIC (minimum wage). However, Faure added, Macron seemed aware “that he was no longer the super president” he had been in his first five-year term.
Francois Bayrou, president of the Modem party who is an ally of Macron, told reporters that he had told the head of state that “the country has given a very strong, if not violent message” in these elections “and no one can ignore it”. And to get out of the political crisis that has arisen, “we must get as close as possible to national union”, added Bayrou.
“With President Macron we talked about the problems of the French and I told him that some issues need to be addressed urgently, such as that concerning purchasing power, but I also highlighted my strong concern for an out-of-control immigration and I asked for the referendum of citizen initiative and proportional “, told reporters the Rassemblement National leader, Marine Le Pen. Noting that the National Rassemblemnt is the first opposition group in the National Assembly, Le Pen stressed that “our request to have the chair of the finance committee and also to have a vice president is legitimate”.
Macron crisis: Melenchon calls for resignation by Elisabeth Borne
There first minister Elisabeth Borne “it has no legitimacy” and must submit to the vote of confidence of the deputies, noted the leader of Nupes, Jean-Luc Melenchonthe only one of the big names not to have gone to the Elysée.
In the same hours just Borne resigned, but Macron rejected them. The premier, government spokeswoman Olivia Gregoire announced, will receive the presidents of the groups of the new National Assembly next week and “is preparing the next few days with the government, in particular the decrees envisaged”.
Also in these hours the first candidacies for the presidency of the National Assembly were announced: that of Eric Woerthformer Republica in the past with Macron, that of Joel Giraud, former Minister of Territorial Cohesion in the government of Jean Castex, and that of Annie Genevard, elected deputy with the Republicains.
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