After proposal of the parties of the New Popular Front coalition for prime ministerthe president of France, Emmanuel Macron, stated that the problem is not a name, it is what majority there may be in the National Assembly and what program will be implemented.
The French president called on political parties to work towards this in the coming weeks, while stressing that it would be a mistake to assume that the left-wing New Popular Front has any form of majority.
“No party can implement exclusively its own program”
He stressed that his candidate failed to be elected to the post of President of the French National Assembly and stressed that the main conclusion drawn after the parliamentary elections is that no party can exclusively implement its own program.
The French president, after noting that the current government will remain in office at least until mid-August; called on the parties in France to rise to the occasion and assume their responsibilities by establishing the necessary commitments.
Emmanuel Macron also acknowledged that his party was defeated in the legislative elections, stressing, however, that no party won, while considering that the legislative proposals recently presented by the Republicans are moving in the right direction.
He has no intention of resigning
Asked whether he would consider resigning in the event of a political impasse, the French president responded negatively, saying that the French had trusted him for the second time as president of the Republic and that he would complete his term.
Regarding the possibility of holding new parliamentary elections next year, in the spring, Macron said that if the political forces manage to form a parliamentary majority and want stability then there is no reason for a new dissolution of the National Assembly.
Mélenchon: Macron refuses to accept election result
The reaction of the head of France Insubordinate, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, to what President Emmanuel Macron mentioned during a television interview he gave today was intense.
In particular, Mélenchon accused him of refusing to accept the result of the recent parliamentary elections and of trying to force the left-wing New Popular Front to reject its program in order to form an alliance with him. “That question does not arise,” Jean-Luc Mélenchon said.
Source: AMPE