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In the spotlight: getting out of the maze…

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National Secretary and deputy of the French Communist Party (PCF), Fabien Roussel, shakes hands with French President Emmanuel Macron after talks at the Elysee Palace, June 21, 2022. © Ludovic Marin/Pool via REUTERS

By: Frédéric Couteau Follow

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Surrounded by his opponents, Emmanuel Macron is looking for the exit from the labyrinth

 ”: notes

Le Figaro

.

 After his defeat in the legislative elections, the Head of State invited the party leaders to identify possible constructive solutions in the service of the French people.

And begin to draw the outlines of a possible future majority.

 »

So a swipe to the right, a swipe to the left… “ 

This is the scenario for à la carte alliances,

points out

Le Figaro, one day with the right, the next with the left.

Not the most stable.

Especially since faced with this weakened president, everyone came with their shopping list.

It is up to the Head of State to find the way out of this labyrinth of often contradictory demands.

If there is one.

A government of national unity, for example?

According to Fabien Roussel, the last party leader to have met Emmanuel Macron yesterday, the president "would consider" this possibility.

 “But for the moment, nothing is recorded…

The LR to the rescue?

Another hypothesis: a rallying, finally, of the Republicans… At least that is what

Sud-Ouest 

evokes : “

 the LRs find themselves paradoxically in a position of strength in the new National Assembly.

They have lost 40% of their membership and their place as the leading opposition group, but without them, no majority is possible. 

»

And

Sud-Ouest

wonders: “ 

Will they be able to seize this incredible opportunity that history offers them to assume their responsibilities?

Or will they choose political tactics and short-sighted calculations? 

»

For the moment, nothing is acted…

Case by case?

“ 

There remains (therefore) the hypothesis of a variegated alliance or that of agreements on a case-by-case basis,

notes

Le Monde.

It would then be necessary to identify for each piece of legislation, the ad hoc deputies from the right, the left or environmentalists.

A scenario that promises endless negotiations behind the scenes at the Palais-Bourbon.

And potentially lead, sooner or later, to the pure and simple blocking of the country if no majority is emerging.

For the time being, such an outcome is not the preferred option,

says

Le Monde.

But it is not excluded.

Is this why there is an impression of wavering at the top of the state? 

»

Terminal on an ejection seat?

 In this context, the days of the government of Elizabeth Borne in Matignon seem numbered,

believes

L'Opinion.

"It's a government on borrowed time,"

said a parliamentarian.

Admittedly, the Prime Minister handed in her resignation yesterday morning to the President, who immediately refused it, "so that the government remains at its task".

"That means; I need to have time to think," translates a majority official.

The reshuffle should take place in the first days of July,

believes

L'Opinion, at the end of the long international sequence which will keep Emmanuel Macron away from tomorrow Thursday.

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Emergency…

So where will government practice evolve?

Ouest France

wonders: "

 Are we experiencing the first stage of an 'American-style' evolution of French political life: a polarized society, a blocked system, an increasingly ungovernable country and all this in a context great distrust of politics, institutions and even more so of the media?

 »

Or are we heading towards a model of political evolution, "

 German

style  " which requires "

 a culture of compromise 

" which we do not have and which requires time, " 

time which we unfortunately do not have … 

»

Indeed, there is urgency… “ 

After the war,

recalls

Le Parisien

,

it was necessary to rebuild.

The stakes were such that, despite the instability (of the Fourth Republic), the country not only continued to advance but developed.

Are the issues of 2022 less crucial? 

No, replies

Le Parisien.

“ 

Responding to the climate crisis without compromising economic prosperity.

Guaranteeing our energy independence in a destabilized world.

Education, health, old age... Isn't there an urgent need to act in all these areas?

Parliamentary discussion and the search for compromise will become the new political reality of the country.

Public opinion will judge,

concludes

The Parisian.

Woe to whoever she would designate as responsible for having caused France to lose five years. 

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