It was all smiles that the leaders of the New Popular Front (NFP) left the Élysée Palace on Friday, August 23, after their meeting with Emmanuel Macron. Lucie Castets, candidate designated by the left-wing coalition for the post of Prime Minister, praised the lucidity of the head of state on the “wish for a change in political direction”, and said she was ready to build “coalitions”.
But, in the process, many political leaders stepped up to explain that they would not support a government that included members of La France Insoumise (LFI). “The calculation was quickly done: if Les Républicains, the Macronists and the National Rally do not accept LFI ministers, Lucie Castets sees her chances reduced to nothing, because she has always confirmed, including in front of the president, that her government would include all the components of the NFP,” commenting from Switzerland The Geneva Tribune.
But the surprise came from Châteauneuf-sur-Isère (Drôme) on Saturday August 24, where these same Insoumis held their summer university. Live on TF1, Jean-Luc Mélenchon challenged the other political parties:
“If the government of Mme Lucie Castets did not include any Insoumis minister, you engage
