While the main opposition parties have addressed to Emmanuel Macron a dismissal of any idea of a coalition, the prospect of building an absolute and above all stable majority in the Assembly seems to be moving away for the Head of State. . But the situation can still evolve: Emmanuel Macron could take advantage of the reshuffle to seduce new voices in the opposition and an independent group could play a pivotal role in the Assembly.
Emmanuel Macron could rely on Christelle Morançais, president Les Républicains (LR) of the Pays-de-la-Loire region, who this week distanced herself from the opposition line observed by her party : “ I want to be on the side of the solution. I want to be on the side of compromise and why not a German-style coalition. It is the most difficult choice, but it is the fairest choice, the most useful for France. “.
Like her, other LR figures are campaigning for a rapprochement: the president of the Grand Est region Jean Rottner, the mayor of Saint-Étienne, Gaël Perdriau. One of the Head of State’s options would be to appoint these pro-coalition Republicans to the government, hoping to attract deputies with them to strengthen his majority. A similar offensive could target the Socialist Party.
Voices that will weigh very heavy
But this will not be enough: the still missing voices could then come from time to time from a motley group made up of elected officials from overseas, Corsican, Breton, center-right and center-left, led by the radical deputy Bertrand Pancher: “ It is first and foremost a group of independent MPs who want to be useful to our country, because we obviously want to get things done, but we are not a group of the majority “.
No question, therefore, of a guardianship by Emmanuel Macron. But voices likely to weigh very heavily in the tight battles that lie ahead in the Assembly.
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