What if Macron played again on his left leg?

Ewhat if Emmanuel Macron made us a Zidane? A political manipulation of which he has the secret? What if, somewhere in his agenda, the arrival at Matignon of a left-wing political figure was no longer completely absurd? A chimera? In recent days, a rumor has begun to circulate, according to which the “common base” that he hastily concocted was living its final hours, swept away by the joint motion of censure of the New Popular Front (NFP) and the National Rally.

Because, indeed, it is not Michel Barnier who is at issue in this affair, but rather this baroque and rickety construction imagined in disaster by the inventor of “at the same time”. This “common base”, more fragile than a house of cards, is a political incongruity.

Ideological Spanish Inn

Imagine a family who decides to have their house repaired by the same workers who completely ruined it. It's a bit of an impossible mission that the former European commissioner is experiencing. Michel Barnier coexists on a daily basis with people, Together for the Republic, who were beaten in the legislative elections, who still have not understood him and who support him like a hangman's rope.

How can you make such a hitch last for a long time? If this suspended government blows up, tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, the head of state will have to pull out of his hat a new scenario that will allow him to last a little longer and not suffer the humiliation of resignation. constraint. Exit, then, the common base?

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The socialist leaders are considering it more and more seriously, especially if the RN votes for the motion of censure on the Social Security finance bill. They still have a big obstacle to achieving their goals. His name is Jean-Luc Mélenchon.

Lider Maximo of LFI no longer hides his battle plan: to continue the strategy of chaos year after year, force Emmanuel Macron to resign, provoke an early presidential election in which we would find the Le Pen-Macron-Mélenchon trio.

Problem: casting

This is the barely veiled dream of the leader of the Insoumis. How can the president upset him? By returning to the results of the July legislative elections, recognizing that the Republican front was mathematically the winner of this historic election, the president would propose Matignon to a new left-wing personality, shatter the NFP, restore political visibility to the PS, that Gabriel Attal's troops could support by dragging their feet less than with Michel Barnier's teams.

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The hypothesis was still far-fetched a few weeks ago, but the efforts made by the leadership of the PS, in terms of concessions on the bills under discussion in the National Assembly, convinced certain people close to the president that it was not necessary not reject out of hand this scenario which would bring the extremes back into line, Marine Le Pen in her role as eternal opponent, and Jean-Luc Mélenchon in that of little father of peoples in the process of definitive radicalization.

This fictional scenario is on the president's desk. Problem: the casting. Who to occupy the leading roles. The barons of the Holland era, or a new generation still in training? Raphaël Glucksmann, Olivier Faure, Jérôme Guedj, Carole Delga? Another major concern: none of them will be able to change the composition of the National Assembly before the beginning of July 2025. There would therefore be a new pilot in the France boat, but still no rudder. With or without left leg.