The talks with Le Pen and Bardella are protocol, as the aim is to unite the entire political spectrum outside the far right, and also the left of France Insoumise.
French President Emmanuel Macron will conclude his round of talks on Monday to try to appoint a stable government with a meeting with the leaders of the far-right National Rally (RN), Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella.
Macron will also meet separately at the Elysée with the leader of the conservative right-wing faction that split and allied with Le Pen, Éric Ciotti, as well as with the President of the National Assembly, Yaël Braun-Pivet, and with the President of the Senate, Gérard Larcher.
The discussions with Le Pen, Bardella and Ciotti are only testimonies and out of political courtesybecause the president is precisely trying to reach some kind of agreement between the entire political arc to form an executive branch without the far right, but also without the left-wing La Francia Insumisa (LFI), which he considers too radical.
Le Pen and Bardella will predictably press Macron on the fact that the RN was the party with the most deputies in the recent snap parliamentary elections, with 126 out of 577 deputies.
However, the left has claimed the position of prime minister since its coalition The New Popular Front (NFP) is the most important blocwith 193 deputies, although far from the 289 that represent an absolute majority.
The Macronist bloc, formed by three centre and centre-right parties, has 166 lawmakers, while the RN and its allies have 142 deputies.
The conservative right that did not ally with Le Pen got 42, while another 21 were regionalists and nationalists, and 8 were unregistered.
In this National Assembly ‘of minorities’, as Macron has described it, the head of state is trying to understanding between conservatives and the left (without LFI).
That would mean breaking up the NFP, where there are clear differences, but for now the left bloc remains united and strongly supports their common candidate for prime minister. Lucie Castetsan economist and social activist who is not active in any party and is currently Director of Finance and Purchasing at the Paris City Council.
Macron’s first round of talks last Friday showed, in addition to the unity of the NFP, the determination of the conservatives and the Macronist bloc to vote for an agreement. motion of censure on a hypothetical government with LFI ministers.
LFI founder and shadow leader, veteran Jean Luc Mélenchon, staged a coup on Saturday by opening the door to an executive that does not include ministers from his party, but does have parliamentary support.
His aim, he said, was to see whether the rejection of the LFI ministers is “just a pretext” or whether what his opponents are really rejecting is “the programme” of the left bloc.
Given this apparent blockade, there is speculation in political circles that Macron could undertake this new political consultation on Tuesdayto define the name of a prime minister this week, as Wednesday is the opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games and he will be on an official visit to Serbia on Thursday and Friday.
Source: EITB
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