In France, what government will succeed the team led by Prime Minister Gabriel Attal? Nearly a week after the second round of the legislative elections, the idea launched by President Emmanuel Macron of a broad coalition has not really found a taker. The composition of the next government is a headache. Especially since on both the right and the left, the main political forces are brandishing the ultimate threat: to overthrow the government by a motion of censure if their conditions are not respected.
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Senate President Gérard Larcher opened the ball on Thursday, July 11: “ If the President of the Republic chooses a Prime Minister from the New Popular Front (NFP), I will call on my friends to censure this government. “, promises the elected representative of Les Républicains.
For its part, the right wing of the presidential camp warns that the nomination of even the slightest member of La France Insoumise (LFI) would also lead to the filing of a motion of censure in the National Assembly. The presidential camp, which has managed to preserve some 160 elected representatives, remains in ambush and has not given up on forming a majority in the center.
The boss of the National Rally (RN) deputies Marine Le Pen adds environmentalists to its list of banned people. She warned that her party, which has 140 MPs, ” will censor any government where LFI and environmentalists have ministerial responsibilities “.
The left, for its part, promises to turn the weapon of censorship against the presidential coalition if it were to decide to reappoint Gabriel Attal as Prime Minister or to appoint another Macronist to Matignon.
The Macronist group is also struggling to hide certain disagreements. On Friday, July 12, during a meeting at the Élysée, the president Emmanuel Macron deplored the ” disastrous spectacle ” given in recent days by his camp, which is struggling to unite behind Gabriel AttalPrime Minister since January 2024 and leader of the lightning campaign in the legislative elections.
With 289 votes required, no group will be able to bring down the government alone. These threats, however, speak volumes about the instability that reigns in the Palais Bourbon.
The New Popular Front still in search of a Prime Minister
This instability also permeates the New Popular Front, the bloc that has won the most seats in the National Assembly. But with 195 deputies, it is about a hundred seats short of an absolute majority – the votes of 289 deputies, out of the 577 that make up the National Assembly. This situation exposes it to an immediate risk of censure if it manages to form a government.
The union of the left is going through a test of fire due to disagreements between the Insoumis of the former presidential candidate, Jean-Luc Mélenchonand the socialists. After nearly a week of negotiations, they no longer dare to promise to agree quickly on a name for the post of Prime Minister. Just because the Prime Minister’s question has not been resolved does not mean nothing is moving forward. “, tempered the leader of the environmentalists Marine Tondelier. ” It’s normal that it takes a little time. »