The appointment of the EU's former Brexit negotiator, a member of the right-wing Les Républicains party, comes after almost two months of deadlock following legislative elections that produced no clear majority in Parliament.
But here comes the special role of « king maker » of the far right
I don’t think the far-right is kingmaker here, they wouldn’t work with the left and neither would the left want to work with them. So both the left and right only have Macron’s coalition as an option to get a majority. That makes him with his “center”-coalition the kingmaker, they get to decide if they want to work with the left or right and it looks like he chose the right.
Macron has said he doesn’t talk to RN or LFI. If he wanted to work with the left he would accept the candidate from the NFP who already more or less agreed to keep the LFI out of the government, but he chose a Republican who’s presumably going to talk to the RN for him to get their support.
Marine Le Pen’s phone has rung frequently. President Emmanuel Macron has been asking for the far-right leader’s opinion. What does she think of Xavier Bertrand for prime minister? Nothing good. Le Pen has a fierce hatred for Bertrand, the right-wing Les Républicains (LR) president of the northern region where is elected. And she let Macron know it. So, the representative of the moderate right is no longer a frontrunner for the job.
According to the Elysée, Le Pen was to have her voice heard, like the other party and group leaders in the Assemblée Nationale, on the advisability of appointing the former Brexit negotiator to the role.
A pariah in the July 7 legislative elections, where the spirit of the “republican front” to block the far right was rekindled, the RN has now taken on the role of kingmaker. “What a disgrace!,” commented David Djaïz, former rapporteur for the president’s National Council for Refoundation
Thank you for both vocabulary and the in-depth explanation of Macron’s central position with which I agree. To add to your explanation, the presidence of our parliament remained in macron’s hands which makes my previous point quite dishonest, or at least overstates the importance of the far right group.
Motion or vote of no-confidence.
I don’t think the far-right is kingmaker here, they wouldn’t work with the left and neither would the left want to work with them. So both the left and right only have Macron’s coalition as an option to get a majority. That makes him with his “center”-coalition the kingmaker, they get to decide if they want to work with the left or right and it looks like he chose the right.
Macron has said he doesn’t talk to RN or LFI. If he wanted to work with the left he would accept the candidate from the NFP who already more or less agreed to keep the LFI out of the government, but he chose a Republican who’s presumably going to talk to the RN for him to get their support.
He talks to them alright: https://www.lemonde.fr/en/politics/article/2024/09/05/far-right-given-kingmaker-role-in-macron-s-prime-minister-search_6724909_5.html
Thank you for both vocabulary and the in-depth explanation of Macron’s central position with which I agree. To add to your explanation, the presidence of our parliament remained in macron’s hands which makes my previous point quite dishonest, or at least overstates the importance of the far right group.