The boss of the Ecologists affirmed that the Prime Minister of the New Popular Front must be chosen by a “consensus” between the different left-wing groups in the event of victory in the legislative elections. A response to the strong media presence of Jean-Luc Mélenchon on this issue.
The leader of La France insoumise Jean-Luc Mélenchon “is not the leader of the New Popular Front and he will not be Prime Minister”, declared Monday June 24 the head of the Ecologists Marine Tondelier to AFP.
Within the different parties which make up the left alliance, the PS, LFI, the PCF and the Ecologists, “there is an agreement to say that the Prime Minister must be found by consensus among the different political forces”, affirms Marine Tondelier, who specifies that the candidate must agree with all four parties.
This is a response to recent statements by the former presidential candidate, who said he was ready to become Prime Minister, if offered. An option far from being unanimously unanimous on the left.
“No one can proclaim themselves Prime Minister,” wrote this Monday afternoon the bosses of the PS and the Communists Olivier Faure and Fabien Roussel, in an identical message published on X.
A withdrawal from the Greens if the RN can win
The national secretary of the Ecologists also announced to AFP that the party’s candidates in the early legislative elections will withdraw in the second round in favor of a candidate “who respects the values of the Republic” in the event of a possible victory for the Rally. national.
“Each time an environmentalist candidate, member of the Popular Front, comes in third position, he will withdraw in favor of the candidate who respects the values of the Republic to beat the extreme right,” she declared, specifying henceforth expect “the same clarity from all the political forces that call themselves republican”.
The Ecologists are the first left-wing party to give instructions to withdraw in the event of a risk of victory for the RN in the second round of the legislative elections.
“I do not imagine that the position of other members of the New Popular Front could be different, but I let the different party leaders communicate at their own pace,” indicates Marine Tondelier.
“I see among the majority of people playing with fire and I am appalled, it is inconsistent and History will remember it,” declares the woman who is also the opposition municipal councilor in Hénin- Beaumont, stronghold of Marine Le Pen.
“Now that we have clarified things about Jean-Luc Mélenchon, I imagine that our adversaries will clarify things about the Republican withdrawal,” she adds.
François Blanchard with AFP
