French President Emmanuel Macron asked his Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, who came to present his resignation, to stay “for the time being in order to ensure the stability of the country”, the presidential palace announced on Monday at noon, the day after a second round of legislative elections marked by the victory of the union of left-wing parties ahead of the presidential camp and the extreme right.
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Gabriel Attal will therefore remain for an indefinite period at Matignon, ” in order to ensure the stability of the country ” announced the presidential palace at midday.
Re-elected in the 10th constituency of Hauts-de-Seine, the head of government announced on Sunday evening after the second round of early legislative elections, marked by a victory for the left and a clear decline for the presidential camp, that he would resign without ruling out continuing his work. as long as duty requires “.
The presidency specifies that Emmanuel Macron thanked him ” for the European and legislative election campaigns that he led. »
Opposed to the dissolution decided on June 9 by the head of state on the evening of the rout of the presidential list in European electionsGabriel Attal has since marked his distance from Emmanuel Macron, to the point of enacting a form of rupture on Sunday evening. I did not choose this dissolution, but I refused to undergo it. “, he stressed during a speech at Matignon.
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The two heads of the executive were joined at the Elysée by several ministers including Gérald Darmanin (Interior) and Stéphane Séjourné (Foreign Affairs).
The left is already putting pressure on Matignon. The leader of the environmentalists Marine Tondelier estimated this Monday morning that Emmanuel Macron ” should call today ” left “ to give him the name of a Prime Minister “According to the head of the Socialist Party, Olivier Faure, the New Popular Front must present a candidate for the post of Prime Minister within the week, “either by consensus or by vote.”
The Macronist camp is arguing for a coalition.
The doors of the assembly will open on time at 2 p.m. to welcome the deputies of the new legislature.