France in chaos: Emmanuel Macron rules out a left-wing government, black smoke for the first round of consultations for the nomination of the prime minister. The president, cornered by his own deputies, led by an increasingly independent Gabriel Attal from the Elysée, dismissed in the evening the hypothesis of a prime minister proposed by the gauche, the first coalition of the legislative elections.
The left obviously doesn't agree, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, leader of La France Insoumise (LFI) confirms the request for the impeachment of the president, the communist Fabien Roussel calls for "a great popular mobilization in the coming days".
For Mélenchon, the situation created by Macron is "of exceptional gravity". Macron sealed the failure by announcing "a new round of consultations" with party representatives and some "personalities" today. The Elysée is targeting the moves of the New Popular Front, winner of the legislative elections of June 30 and July 7 with 193 seats in the National Assembly, but far from the absolute majority of 289.
Macron excludes the extremes from the new consultations: France Insoumise of Mélenchon, Rassemblement National of Marine Le Pen and its allies of Eric Ciotti. Sources close to the president indicate that for the head of the Elysée they are the ones "responsible for the current stalemate". A little less than two months after the election results, the country remains in an unprecedented situation in the Fifth Republic, without a government and with the parties' positions now crystallized.
Macron, in his document at the end of the consultations, recalls the reasons that led him to the drastic decision: a government chosen by the left "would immediately have a majority of over 350 deputies against it, which would prevent it from acting". Starting today, a new round of talks in what seems to be a dead end for France, even in the case of Macron appointing a prime minister outside the parties.
(Unioneonline/D)
