Attal announced yesterday that he would tender his resignation to the president, but that he was prepared to continue if he asked him to.
French President Emmanuel Macron has decided to keep his Prime Minister, Gabriel Attal, in office after parliamentary elections in which the government’s political camp lost its role as the strongest party in favor of the left-wing New Popular Front.
“The president has asked Gabriel Attal to remain prime minister for the time being to guarantee the stability of the country,” Macron’s office said in a statement.
The head of state, who in France is the one who appoints the prime minister (although he must then respond to the National Assembly, as the Chamber can overthrow him with a motion of censure), assured that “in his role as guarantor of the institutions, we will ensure that the sovereign decision of the French is respected.
It remains to be seen whether the same will be maintained in this new provisional phase. government structurewith the main pillars being the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, responsible for the security apparatus at the Olympic Games, or the Minister of the Economy and Finance, Bruno Le Maire.
Attal had announced on Sunday that he would offer his resignation, following French political tradition, but added that he was prepared to remain in office longer as an interim, but that the decision was up to the president.
For his part, the President, “in accordance with republican tradition, will wait for the structuring of the new National Assembly to take the necessary decisions,” said the Elysée, which stressed that “the President, in his role as guarantor of the institutions, will ensure that the sovereign choice of the French people is respected.
He New Popular Front (NFP), made up of rebels, socialists, environmentalists and communists, which won the elections, will this week appoint a candidate for prime minister and govern with its own program, and not in coalition with the outgoing majority of the government, President Emmanuel Macron.
Source: EITB
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