“The institutions are clear and so is the place of the president, whatever the result,” said Macron. to a question about a possible resignation, in an interview published this Tuesday by Figaro Magazine.
Despite the unexpected advance of the legislative elections scheduled for 2027, Macron He can continue as president until that date, but he runs the risk of sharing power with a government of a different political color.
Defending himself against criticism of this risky bet, The 48-year-old leader assured that it was a “good decision for the good of the country” and assumed his role as head of his centrist alliance: “I’m going out to win.”
Emmanuel Macron risks the future of his government in France’s early elections
Macron came to power in 2017 from the center attracting those dissatisfied with the traditional alternation between socialists and conservatives, and presenting itself as the alternative to the “extremes” who in his opinion would represent the RN and La Francia Insumisa (radical left).
Tough to the deterioration of its image, especially during strong social protests such as the yellow vests or against the reform of the pensions, The ruling party seeks to rescue its initial spirit.
The first Minister Gabriel Attal, 35 years old, the youngest head of government in the history of France, assured TF1 that He will lead the campaign himself of the legislative elections by the ruling camp, after having judged the president’s decision to advance the elections “sudden” and “brutal.”
Macron called a press conference for Wednesday to outline his “course” for France and present himself as the moderate option against the “extremist forces,” indicated a source close to him, referring to the negotiations between parties.
Five days before the deadline to submit candidatures, The traditional right-wing party Los Republicanos (LR) plunged into a deep crisis on the proposal of its president, Eric Ciotti, to reach an agreement with the far-right National Group (RN).
“We need an alliance,” but “without ceasing to be ourselves,” said Ciotti. on the TF1 channel, ensuring that both parties share “right-wing values” and that this would allow LR to “keep deputies” in the face of the decline that the polls predict.
RN, which swept the European elections on Sunday with 31.37% of the votes, has already announced that its candidate for prime minister will be its head of the list in the European elections, Jordan Bardella 28 years old.
And he assured, in an interview at night on public television France 2, that “there will be an agreement between the National Group and the Republicans” by which the far-right formation will “support” “several dozen” candidates from the moderate right.
This alliance would put an end to the traditional isolation of RN, the heir party of Jean-Marie Le Pen’s National Frontknown for his racist and anti-Semitic statements.
And it represents a political earthquake in LRformer ruling party with conservative presidents Charles De Gaulle, Georges Pompidou, Jacques Chirac and Nicolas Sarkozy, many of whose members had already joined Macron’s ranks since 2017.
Its main leaders discarded the proposal and called for the resignation of Ciotti, which he rejected, while the Minister of Economy, Bruno Le Maire, called on his former party colleagues to join the French president’s centrist alliance.
The victory of R.N. in the European ones it also set off alarm bells in Europe, especially when historically France is a key actor in the European Union and in supporting Ukraine versus Russia.
According to a probe by Harris Interactive, Le Pen’s formation would slightly improve this result in the legislative elections, obtaining between 235 and 265 of the 577 deputies.
Source: Ambito
