Marine Le Pen puts ” deeply challenges the Constitution » according to the boss of MoDem, member of the presidential coalition, François Bayrou. This June 27 in the regional newspaper Telegram, the leader of the National Rally sets the tone for what cohabitation with Jordan Bardella in Matignon would be like. Marine Le Pen describes in particular the title of head of the armed forces for the President of the Republic as “ honorific “.
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“ I will be uncompromising, but respectful of the institutions and the office of head of state. » It is in these terms that Jordan Bardella envisaged his role at Matignon on Monday June 24 in front of journalists. A position of appeasement to which Marine Le Pen gives the first blow of the penknife.
“Chief of the Armed Forces, for the President, it is an honorary title since it is the Prime Minister who holds the purse strings,” asserts Marine Le Pen a few days before the first round of elections. #legislative. Read the full interview here 👇https://t.co/0ItO3IxPuE
— Le Télégramme (@LeTelegramme) June 27, 2024
By claiming that the title of chief of the armies is simply “ honorific », the one who would like to succeed Emmanuel Macron seems to prepare people’s minds for a much harsher cohabitation. Marine Le Pen, who is not without a contradiction, specifies on the social network X that she does not however call into question the reserved domain of the president. But when it comes to sending troops abroad, the Prime Minister has the means to oppose it thanks to budget control.
Without calling into question the reserved domain of the President of the Republic, in matters of sending troops abroad, the Prime Minister has, through budgetary control, the means to oppose it. Jordan Bardella was therefore justified in recalling that he is opposed to sending soldiers…
— Marine Le Pen (@MLP_officiel) June 27, 2024
Clearly, if he arrives at Matignon, the young boss of the National Rally intends to try to block Emmanuel Macron’s action, particularly if he wants to intervene militarily in Ukraine. “ If we come to power, it is not for “to pretend” », agrees the vice-president of the party Sébastien Chenu. The President of the Republic and the voters have been notified.
Custom has meant that the president often decides alone. In times of cohabitation, it is clear that the head of state must deal more with a government that is politically opposed to him. He loses a little of his “majesty” on these questions. This was seen between Jacques Chirac and Lionel Jospin during the war in Kosovo…
A risk of standoff between Emmanuel Macron and Jordan Bardella on foreign policy, for political scientist Olivier Rouquan