The alliance of far-left parties that won the majority of seats in the French parliamentary elections on Monday suspended all talks with their partners, throwing the efforts by the left to capitalize on its win into chaos.
The newly formed Nouveau Front Populaire, which includes La France Insoumise (a far-left party), the Greens, and the moderate Socialists and Communists parties, had hoped to capitalize on the success of its elections by naming a premier and forming a new government.
However, the disagreements in the alliance about who to nominate are now coming out. This acrimony also threatens efforts to reach agreement on a candidate for president of the newly formed national assembly, which will meet for the first time this Thursday.
La France Insoumise led by Jean-Luc Melenchon – the anti-capitalist firebrand – announced on Monday that they would not “participate in any further discussions about government formation” until a candidate for [president] of the National Assembly had been identified and voted on.
The party blamed Socialists. In a press release, the party said that it would not return to the polls until Socialists renounced their veto over any other candidate than its own. For their part, the Socialists deny that they systematically veto other candidates. The party stated that “we have made a number of proposals to move toward a consensus choice”.
The NFP won the most seats at the snap parliamentary election called by President Emmanuel Macron a month ago, but is still far from a majority.
The far left has rejected this idea, even though the Socialists Communists and Greens suggested that the alliance nominate “a unity candidate for Prime Minister from the civil society”. LFI stated that “this political blockage cannot be resolved by improvising a “external candidate”.
Over the weekend, there was no support for the idea that Huguette bello, president of Reunion, a French overseas territory and ally of La France Insoumise could become prime minister.
“No position has been fixed. . . It is a huge responsibility. It’s incomprehensible why one party would leave the discussions that we’ve been having for weeks at the risk of allowing President Macron’s coalition to take control”, said Fabienroussel, leader of the Communist Party, in a press release, as he urged the parties to “resume negotiations as soon as possible.”
The infighting may play to the advantage of Macron and his Ensemble coalition, which is the second largest bloc of seats at the Assembly, behind Marine Le Pen’s Rassemblement National, the far-right party.
One person who is close to Ensemble said, “The left is not ready and they are panicking now that concrete has been laid.” “They claim they will govern alone but in 2022 we had 250 members and they said we weren’t legitimate. It’s absurd.”
Yael Brun-Privet is running for reelection as the president of the outgoing Parliament and a member Macron’s Renaissance Party.
There are also disagreements within Ensemble, which includes Macron’s Renaissance party and Francois Bayrou’s Modem, as well as former Prime Minister Edouard Philippe’s Horizons, over potential partners and the selection of a candidate for prime minister.
Those within the alliance report that many centrist MPs are angry at the president’s decision to call elections and are less inclined to follow him.
While powerful figures in the group jockey for position, such as Prime Minister Gabriel Attal and interior minister Gerald Darmanin, Macron confidant Julien Denormandie is pushing for competing visions of how to form a coalition.
Philippe and his Horizons Party have also distanced themselves from the President in preparation for a run at that office.
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