France is still struggling to form a government after the parliamentary elections. President Macron is initially looking ahead to the Olympics. A left-wing party is now making a clear demand.
While French President Emmanuel Macron wants to appoint a new head of government after the Olympics at the earliest, the candidate from the left-wing camp is demanding her immediate appointment. “I am ready, we are ready. I call on the President to appoint me Prime Minister,” Lucie Castets said on France Inter.
The senior civil servant, who has not previously attracted attention in political France, spoke out clearly in favour of a left-wing government. “One thing is clear: a coalition with the presidential camp is impossible due to our deep differences of opinion.” She also does not believe that this would correspond to the will of the voters, who have made the left-wing alliance Nouveau Front Populaire the strongest force.
The alliance of socialists, greens, communists and the left-wing party La France Insoumise surprisingly won the early parliamentary elections in France. Macron’s centrist camp came in second place, while the right-wing nationalist Rassemblement National around Marine Le Pen only came in third. No camp has an absolute majority in the National Assembly.
Shortly after the left-wing camp proposed Castets as a possible prime minister, Macron said on Tuesday evening that he would not appoint a new prime minister until mid-August at the earliest, after the Olympic Games.
The head of state warned that it was not about a specific name. “The question is, what majority can develop in the National Assembly so that a French government can push through reforms, pass a budget and move the country forward?” Macron again called for the political formations to find ways of cooperation and compromise across the boundaries of the political camps.
Prime Minister Gabriel Attal submitted his resignation following the electoral defeat of the center camp, which Macron accepted last week. Attal and the government are now in office in a caretaker capacity.
Source: Stern
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