Emmanuel Macron seems to want to give in to the temptation of cooperation with the far-right.
According to what the leader of the far-right in France, Marie Le Pen, has revealed, the French president has invited her to form a government of national unity, since she does not have an absolute majority after the recent parliamentary elections.
On the surface, Le Pen's intentions have not been clarified, but contacts in the context of the exploratory talks are continuing in order to resolve the deadlock and give the country a stable government.
However, if Macron fails to secure broader alliances, Macron will be forced to govern through partnerships on a case-by-case basis and depending on the legislation that comes up for a vote.
The difficult conundrum
Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday continued his efforts to end the crisis created by his party's failure to retain a parliamentary majority in the second round of parliamentary elections on Sunday, but with no solution in sight to the impasse that is endangering his reform plans.
Macron's centrist alliance is 44 seats away from a majority in the National Assembly, while the left-wing Melanson coalition and Le Pen's far-right have made significant gains.
The situation has called into question Macron's plans for reforms in his second term after his re-election in April's presidential election - notably the key measure to lower the retirement age.
On Tuesday, Macron hosted rare talks at the Elysée Palace with opposition leaders, including far-right National Rally (RN) leader Marine Le Pen, to find a way out of the crisis.
He will meet with other leaders today, although the head of the left-wing NUPES alliance, Mélenchon is sending 32-year-old MP Adrien Quatennens to represent him, in a clear understatement for the president.
Consultations for a government of national unity by Macron?
However, at the same time that Le Pen made the statement about Macron's proposal, the party and its ministers did not rule out possible cooperation with her deputies.
For example, according to ERT, Justice Minister Eric Dupont-Moretti, one of France's most famous lawyers, mentions the idea of "marching together" with the National Consensus.
"Why shouldn't we debate with the CP and debate with France Untouchable (Mélenchon's)?" asks Macron's party MP Sylvain Maillard.
France's most popular politician, former Prime Minister Em. Macron and former Republican Party official, Edouard Philippe, believes that a coalition government should be formed with Nicolas Sarkozy's party, a partnership that guarantees an absolute majority.
But their boss Christian Jacob rules it out after his meeting on Tuesday with President Macron because "we were elected as an opposition."
In fact, the electoral programs of the two factions are almost identical, was in fact one of the arguments of the candidate of the classical right-wing Republican party's own candidate in the presidential election, Valérie Pecresse. They then accused candidate Macron of "copying", "plundering" and "stealing" Pecresse's proposals.
Source: in.gr
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