The former Prime Minister believes that “for the first time in the history of the Republic”, a far-right party can find itself in power.
A very lively criticism from a former Prime Minister. Guest of France Inter this Monday, June 17, the former socialist Prime Minister Lionel Jospin pointed out the dissolution of the National Assembly by Emmanuel Macron, according to him “unforeseen, improvised, unthought out” and which “plunged the country into a moment troubled and perhaps even a troubled moment.”
“If there had been a motion of censure, there was an understandable justification for the French to dissolve,” believes Lionel Jospin, who emphasizes that the risk for the presidential party of losing its relative majority is real.
And the former Prime Minister thoroughly undermines the strategy of the President of the Republic.
“I read that the scenario he was thinking of was that the left remaining divided, the National Front (sic) being a threat, it would be the center which would come together and have an absolute majority. Which is likely to happen , it is rather the loss of its relative majority,” he complains.
“Serious and unpredictable”
For the former tenant of Matignon, the dissolution of the National Assembly brings the National Rally closer to power. “There is a danger. For the first time in the history of the Republic, an extreme right party could lead France,” he warns.
“Until then, this had only happened under the boot of the Nazi foreigner in 1940 with the government of Marshal Pétain, it was an extremely serious and unpredictable moment,” points out Lionel Jospin.
According to a final Elabe poll for BFMTV and La Tribune Dimanche, one in three French people (32%) say they want a victory for the National Rally during the election. One in four (26%) want a victory for the left alliance, the New Popular Front, and one in five (17%) want Renaissance and the presidential majority to win. 25% of respondents say they have no opinion.
