Lucie Castets will participate in the discussions between Emmanuel Macron and the New Popular Front, at the Elysée this Friday, August 23, on the subject of the future government. She intends to defend her candidacy for the post of Prime Minister.
She will be received by Emmanuel Macron. Lucie Castets will be part of the convoy of the New Popular Front expected at the Elysée on Friday, August 23, at the invitation of the Head of State, to discuss the future government and its composition. The candidate of the Union of the Left for Matignon was initially not supposed to be present at the meeting bringing together party leaders and parliamentary representatives, but her arrival was demanded by the NFP and accepted by Emmanuel Macron.
The one who was chosen by the left to become Prime Minister intends to present her plans to the head of state during the interview which could be decisive before the appointment of the next head of government. Plans already outlined in the columns of Release : the 37-year-old economist believes that she is the legitimate candidate for Matignon, because she is supported by the leading force in the National Assembly, and she maintains that with the left and its future (and still hypothetical) government “we will be able to find agreements on our priority issues”.
Lucie Castets is still not considering a coalition, nor the NFP, as wanted by Emmanuel Macron, but she says she defends measures “likely to create consensus” and is open to compromises… to a certain extent: “We will have to take steps towards others, but on the basis of our proposals.” The senior civil servant also implies that agreements between the left and the presidential camp are possible.
Lucie Castets thinks about her government…
Lucie Castets is working on the constitution of her possible government before her meeting with Emmanuel Macron. The NFP is “reflecting on the government architecture that will have to reflect the major priorities of the government that will be put in place,” he confided to BFMTV August 19. As for the casting, there are few clues, but we know that it will have to include members from each left-wing party and that “there will be a need for ministers who are fully in agreement with the political orientations” of the left-wing union.
The senior civil servant has not closed the door to the appointment of a few figures from civil society, like herself. But it is “far too early to reveal names or the composition of the government” according to her, especially since her appointment as head of government is far from guaranteed since Emmanuel Macron has already firmly rejected the idea. As for resistance to a motion of censure, in the event of her arrival at Matignon, it is even less so. The former deputy mayor of Paris does not plan to appoint a government from which LFI would be excluded, apart from the presidential camp, the right and the far right have announced their support for a motion of censure against any executive including rebels.
…but has neither a majority nor Macron’s support
Thinking about the composition of a government is not useful in the absence of a majority, even if only relative. But Lucie Castets is considering other solutions for governing: “We are aware that there is no absolute majority. The question will be to find, project after project, a way to govern, on that I am confident”. She also indicates in Release having addressed several political forces by mail and having received responses “well beyond the NFP”, without specifying the political orientation of her correspondents. And the senior civil servant to imply that agreements are possible including with the presidential camp on the “green wealth tax”, “the conditionality of aid to businesses” as well as the “taxation of superprofits” cited in the letter addressed by Gabriel Attal to the parties of the “republican arc”.
In the absence of sufficient agreements, it is by “regulatory means” that the Prime Minister desired by the left intends to govern. In either case, Lucie Castets projects herself into a “very serene” cohabitation with Emmanuel Macron.