After Mélenchon, these Macronists have (already) found other arguments to block the NFP

POLITICS – Finding a way out of the trap. Shaken by Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s latest political initiative around a New Popular Front government without a member of La France Insoumise, the presidential camp is looking for a solution. Its leaders had made the Insoumis a red line, now they are forced to brandish new arguments.

The reason: this argument – ​​the main one put forward so far to discredit the NFP and block its accession to Matignon despite its (narrow) victory at the polls – no longer holds. The founder of La France Insoumise took everyone by surprise on Saturday by asking the Macronists if they would censor Lucie Castets if she did not bring any Mélenchonists with her.

While the Head of State continued his consultations at the Élysée with the National Rally and the presidents of the two chambers of Parliament this Monday, several representatives of the ” bloc central ” have given clues on the response of the outgoing majority. In fact, the allies of the President of the Republic and the right wing of his camp have responded. An NFP government, even without the rebels? It’s a no, they explain, but now because of their proposals.

Program question

« This is a program that, if implemented, would cause a crisis. “, for example, says Laurent Marcangeli, the president of the Horizons deputies in an interview with Figaro Sunday. He will oppose it. with all the instruments that the Constitution offers (him), ” he warns. A few hours earlier, his colleague Naïma Moutchou, another close friend of Edouard Philippe, announced the color by also mocking a project ” synonymous with a one-way ticket to Venezuela!”

The same thing, or almost, on the MoDem side, where it is now indicated that the main problem is the left’s roadmap. “dangerous program for the country”in the words of François Bayrou, because it contains “extremely heavy things” particularly in matters of immigration and public spending, he assured, Sunday evening on LCI.

So many arguments put on the table, which seem to ignore the outstretched hands of Lucie Castets. Since her appointment by the partners of the left, the 37-year-old ENA graduate explains that she has made the program of the New Popular Front an objective and a working basis to try to build coalitions of projects. I stand ready to build these coalitions. ” necessary, she assured again on Friday, leaving the Élysée.

Pressure mounts on Macron

On the Renaissance side, reactions are rarer. Some elected officials are speaking out to also reject any government of the alliance of the left. Insoumis in the team, or not. But the leaders of the presidential party, who mentioned the Mélenchonists as the only red line, Friday, after their meeting with Emmanuel Macron, are keeping silent for the moment. A reflection of a certain embarrassment?

For the President of the Republic, the task is becoming more complex in any case. The Head of State, who has not planned to appoint Lucie Castets to Matignon – which would unravel part of his actions for the past 7 years – will have to explain why he is not entrusting power to the bloc that came out on top in the polls. Even though he does not have at his disposal the stable majority that he has been calling for since July 7. And he no longer has the rebellious red rag to wave to discredit a priori the New Popular Front.

On the left, the pressure continues to rise. I no longer see any obstacle to Lucie Castets being appointed “, for example, pleaded Olivier Faure this Monday morning on franceinfo, asking ” By what divine right would it be possible for people who lost the elections to explain who governs or not? »

« It would be an incredible precedent to explain that it is now the head of state who alone decides who can govern. In these cases, there is no point in voting! “, the first secretary of the PS snapped again, hammering home that he was returning to the left, ” arrival in first place “July 7th, ” to demonstrate its ability to find or not a majority in Parliament to vote on texts. “The floor is now given to the President of the Republic. His consultations end this Monday at the end of the day.

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