The government has barely fallen when politicians are planning for the future. While Emmanuel Macron must address the country at 8 p.m., Thursday December 5, after the censorship of Michel Barnier, each party details its position on the conditions of support for the next executive which will be put in place.
Divided left, wait-and-see right and far right which wants to be constructive… everyone takes a position and advances their red lines. Franceinfo details the positions of each party, by political bloc.
The left divided on the strategy to follow
The New Popular Front (NFP) appears, as often since its creation in June, to be divided on the course of action to follow. On the side of La France insoumise (LFI), we are calling for the appointment by Emmanuel Macron of an NFP representative in Matignon, a constant since the result of the early legislative elections, as well as the resignation of Emmanuel Macron. The head of LFI deputies, Mathilde Panot, also warned on LCI that her party would censor “Of course” any Prime Minister who is not from the NFP; a threat which also concerns Bernard Cazeneuve, who left the Socialist Party (PS) to set up his own political party. The possibility of reaching an agreement with the central bloc is even “a chimera”, according to the party leader, Manuel Bompard, on X.
The PS, in fact, appears a little more open to discussion. “What I am asking of the President of the Republic is a left-wing Prime Minister, open to compromise”, thus underlined the leader of the socialist deputies, Boris Vallaud, on franceinfo. Assuming its difference with LFI, the party thus leaves the door open to compromise with the Macronists. “This assumes that we abandon 49.3, that there will be no forceful passage and that on each text, we will be forced to find compromises”warned the party boss, Olivier Faure, on France Inter, assuming not to do “100% what the left dreamed of doing”. The PCF, which has fewer elected representatives than the other parties in the Assembly, for its part calls for “a republican, social pact”.
Environmentalists also seem to be leaning towards a discussion with Emmanuel Macron's troops. The boss of the party, Marine Tondelier, thus called, in a statement posted on social networks, for the search for a solution “as part of the republican front”addressing the “centrists” and to “macronists”. Led by their leader Cyrielle Chatelain, the environmentalist deputies have for their part chosen to work on the “quoi” rather than the “Who” by offering a “road map” comprising 11 priorities. Like the PS elected officials, they undertake not to use 49.3 if the left arrives in Matignon, reports The World. On a slightly different line, senator Yannick Jadot even went further on franceinfo, saying “open to ministers from the central bloc” in the case of the appointment of a Prime Minister from the NFP so as not to “add political crisis to political crisis”.
The central bloc hopes for an agreement with the PS
Macronist elected officials reject, as they have done since the result of the legislative elections, any collaboration with LFI. Tuesday, the head of the Ensemble pour la République (EPR) deputies, Gabriel Attal, mentioned “a form of non-censorship agreement” going from LR to the PS, which would allow the government to no longer be “the hostage” of the RN, in a position of strength at the time of examination of the budget. During his speech during the debates on Wednesday, the former Prime Minister clearly reached out to the socialists. “Free yourself” of “the extreme left”he told them, castigating “the camp of disorder, of the lepenists and the melenchonists”.
The deputy Pieyre-Alexandre Anglade (Renaissance) thus hoped to the AFP, after the censorship, that the “republican front” of July finds “a sequel, an echo to the Assembly”. Same story with Horizons, the party of former Prime Minister Edouard Philippe. On franceinfo, the deputy Frédéric Valletoux, while recognizing “the failure of the central block”thus pleaded for a “coalition” which goes from “the republican right” to “social democrats”, effectively excluding La France insoumise.
The right promises not to censor the next government
LR elected officials do not “will not drop” the next government, even if they decide not to participate, their leader in the National Assembly, Laurent Wauquiez, assured France 2. “We will not be stuck, we will not be in the strategy of the worst,” he added, conditioning his party's participation in the new team on the priorities that will be put on the table. The option of renewing the “common base”, an alliance of the right and the Macronists which supported Michel Barnier, seems to be excluded. Laurent Wauquiez in any case detailed the political priorities of his camp: “less waste of public money”, “revalue those who work” et “security”.
The National Rally wants to “co-construct” the budget
The executives of the flame party believe that the next government will not be able to do without their support. “But of course we will have our say (…) No government can exist without the benevolence of the National Rally”thus judged Laurent Jacobelli, spokesperson for the RN, to franceinfo. Some elected officials are already expressing opposition to certain names: “Xavier Bertrand, François Baroin, Lucie Castets and Bernard Cazeneuve, no”explains deputy Franck Allisio to franceinfo. “We need a Prime Minister who has a certain freedom, and a certain authority in relation to Mr. Attal”he adds.
The head of deputies of the National Rally (RN), Marine Le Pen, ruled out automatic censorship. She thus ensured that she and her family “to leave[aie]don't work” the future Prime Minister, in order to “co-construct” to the Assembly a budget “acceptable for all” during an interview on TF1 Wednesday evening. The RN deputy Jean-Philippe Tanguy still clarified some red lines on Thursday morning on RTL, ensuring that “and the future Prime Minister does not renounce the indexation of pensions, it will fall.”
During her intervention, Marine Le Pen took the opportunity to criticize Emmanuel Macron, whom she considers responsible for the situation. Without calling for the resignation of the President of the Republic as LFI does, it considers that “pressure” in his place “will obviously become stronger and stronger” and “we do not take the voice of respect for voters”.
