Now, seven weeks after the results of the snap elections, the search for the country’s next prime minister has become more urgent.
advertisementFrance’s political thorny issues are far from resolved, with President Emmanuel Macron resuming marathon talks with various political groups on Tuesday to try to form a new government.
Representatives of the independent centrist group LIOT met Tuesday, and the recently renamed conservative right-wing party “Right Republicans” are scheduled to address the president on Wednesday.
The left-wing New Popular Front (NFP), which won the most seats in the early election but fell short of a majority, has refused to take part in ongoing negotiations.
On Monday evening, Macron said Rejected again NFP Prime Ministerial candidate, civil servant and economist, Lucy Castes.
In a statement, the leader said the left-wing government would threaten “institutional stability” because it would not survive a confidence vote in the National Assembly (the lower house of parliament).
centrist, right-wing, and far-right politicians announced They will try to bring down any left-led government.
“The work continues and the doors remain open,” President Emmanuel Macron declared before meeting Irish Prime Minister Simon Harris at the Elysee Palace on Tuesday evening.
President Macron also said he would welcome “everyone who wants to continue working in the best interests of the country.”
Hard-left French Indomitable Party threatens to initiate impeachment proceedings
Although Macron is not legally required to nominate a prime minister from the party with the most seats, the NFP has insisted that the candidate come from its largest group.
The hard-left France Inflexible Party (LFI), which has been isolated and labelled as extremist by Macron and other parties, has announced its launch. Impeachment proceedings Against the head of state.
France’s top political adviser, Manuel Bompard, described Macron’s remarks as an “unacceptable anti-democratic coup” and called for protests on September 7.
In a sign of growing divisions on the left, Socialist Party secretary-general Pierre Jouvet said his supporters had no plans to take part in the protests, but hinted that he was open to further discussions with the president.
“At this stage, we are not calling on people to take to the streets,” Jouvet told France Info. “The emergency is for discussion, for political debate, even if Emmanuel Macron’s decision deeply worries us.”
But the appointment of a future prime minister is taking on increasing urgency ahead of the Paralympic opening ceremony on Wednesday night and President Macron’s visit to Serbia this weekend.
The government that resigned under Prime Minister Gabriel Attal has done the following: preview It has now lasted more than 40 days, an unprecedented situation since the war.
advertisementMoreover, time is running out as the country’s critical 2025 budget must be submitted to Congress by October 1.
It is unprecedented in France’s recent political history that there is no dominant political bloc, and the country appears to be headed toward deadlock with none of the three blocs willing to form a coalition government.
