Posted on 07/16/2024 10:39:55 AM PDT by nickcarraway
French President Emmanuel Macron has officially accepted the resignation of his Prime minister Gabriel Attal.
Emmanuel Macron has officially accepted the resignation of his Prime minister Gabriel Attal on Tuesday evening.
Attal and his cabinet will remain in place during the upcoming Paris Olympics while a new head of government is nominated.
The former prime minister and his cabinet will only be responsible as a caretaker government for ensuring the continuity of the state.
In principle, no political measures can be taken during this interim period by the temporary government.
Although this situation may work during the transition phase, it will clearly pose a democratic problem if it lasts for a long time especially considering that negotiations for a replacement prime minister have been fraught with complications following France's legislative elections.
The left-wing alliance is still unable to come up with a name for the future Prime minister The left-wing alliance, New Popular Front (NFP) that won the most seats in the legislative elections is clearly showing its divisions and inability to reach any form of compromise.
On Monday evening, the Socialists, Communists and the Greens agreed on "a common candidate coming from the civil society called Laurence Tubiana.
Ms Tubiana is a diplomat and economist, one of the key players in the drafting of the Paris Climate Agreement in 2015.
But her candidacy was rejected by the main party within the left alliance, the France Unbowed (LFI).
On Tuesday morning, Manuel Bompard, the coordinator of the France Unbowed considered her candidacy as "not serious."
Some of the party’s MPs believe she’s too close to Emmanuel Macron after Mrs Tubiana signed an opinion column calling for a coalition with Macron's party.
Her candidacy would be an "abandonment of the programme" presented by the New Popular Front in the eyes of the France Unbowed Party.
It seems that they also have ballot stuffing in France.
They are going to have to form a coalition government and I don’t know if they can get enough support to do it.
The Le Pen family always underperform. They are also socialists.
The Le Pen family always underperform. They are also socialists.
The Le Pen family always underperform. They are also socialists.
That makes sense. :)
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