The left-wing New Popular Alliance, which emerged victorious in the French elections, is determined to govern. But the parties that joined forces in the fight against the far-right Rassemblement National have yet to find a common candidate for prime minister.
This leader should be presented this week. The alliance must show that it is capable of governing, said the head of the Socialists, Olivier Faure. The parliamentary group leader of the left-wing populist La France Insoumise, Mathilde Panot, also announced that she would present a “prime minister and a government” this week.
She brought in former LFI party leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon, who was strongly rejected by the other parties involved. “Mélenchon taught the left how to win (…), thanks to him the New Popular Front exists,” Panot told RTL. Green Party leader Marine Tondelier and MP François Ruffin, who split from the LFI, are also in talks for the post.
Mélenchon is even too extreme
But now the many differences could come to light again. Mélenchon is seen by many allies as too extreme. His EU election campaign was pro-Palestinian, he has repeatedly courted autocrats like Vladimir Putin in the past and has repeatedly attracted attention with anti-German tones in the past.
President Macron has a political duty to appoint a prime minister from the largest camp willing to govern. However, he does not have to follow the suggestion of this camp in all cases and can also choose another representative from the camp.
Source: Krone
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