Two weeks after the censorship of the Barnier government, the postures and speeches of the far-right leader indicate some avenues for understanding the fatal gesture of December 4. Although France is without a government or budget a few days before Christmas, Marine Le Pen shows no regrets.
Back to square one. As at the start of the school year, when Michel Barnier took office, Marine Le Pen requires “ respect » and promises not to “ censor a priori » while saying he is capable of starting again, if François Bayrou, the new Prime Minister, makes choices that he does not like.
As at the start of the school year, the wishes of respect of the head of the RN deputies are, in part, granted. Monday, as part of a round of consultation of political forces, she was received first in Matignon. What she considers positive.
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If it is only symbolic, this place granted by the head of government to the RN establishes the party as the main opposition force.
Italian inspiration?
Which suits Marine Le Pen well. She always refused to participate in government. She even showed a broad smile when, in the wake of the censorship, the president invited all the parties except RN and LFI to the Élysée. In the corridors of the National Assembly, she spoke at length to journalists and declared: “ We are the only opposition force “.
It’s hard not to compare with Giorgia Meloni. The ultra-conservative president of the Italian council refused two years ago to participate in a government of national unity to overcome yet another political crisis in Italy. She subsequently triumphed in the elections and took power.
“ I’m getting ready »
Censorship to better assert itself in a troubled political landscape and before a possible early presidential election? This positioning frankly in opposition is a sort of return to the comfort zone. The one who made the constant progression of the RN, ex-FN (the famous “we didn’t try”).
Being anointed leader of the opposition also has a significant judicial interest. This can only influence the judges who must decide between now and March 31 whether or not to punish Marine Le Pen with a sentence of ineligibility with provisional execution.
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There is also, and obviously, the question of an early presidential election. Since the censorship, the RN has not openly called for the resignation of the president but the tone has evolved. Marine Le Pen no longer hides her preparation for such an eventuality. In the newspaper The Parisian this week she said: “ I am preparing, as a precaution, given the weakness of the president “. His words are coupled with elements of language used by his troops and according to which, “lThe head of state is the disruptive element in the current political crisis “.
A resignation seems far away, Emmanuel Macron rejects this hypothesis outright. But if a presidential election took place this week, Marine would obtain between 36 and 38% of the votes in the first round. Which will surely confirm her choice to censor Michel Barnier.