DECRYPTION – The Head of State and the Prime Minister are trying to activate the traditional “republican front” in view of the second round of the legislative elections on July 7, which is not unanimous internally.
Even in government, the “overreach” is over. A meeting of ministers around Emmanuel Macron, Monday at midday at the Élysée, gave rise to tense discussions on the attitude to adopt before the second round of early legislative elections, scheduled for Sunday. And, the day after a vote marked by the collapse of the presidential camp (20.76% of the vote), we saw the reformation within the executive of this left-right divide that the head of state had tried to get rid of.
When he speaks during this long meeting, Emmanuel Macron nevertheless tries to frame the line, in a nod addressed to the New Popular Front (NFP, 27.99% of the vote). “ It is the extreme right that is on the verge of accessing the highest functions, no one else “, he says, continuing his written statement from Sunday evening, in which he called “ to a large, clearly Democratic and Republican gathering for the second round » facing the National Rally…
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