These rumours, relayed by several media, are based on the fact that the long delay of seven weeks between the second round of the presidential election, on April 24, and the legislative elections, scheduled for June 12 and 19, could complicate the management of the period for the outgoing majority in the event of the re-election of Emmanuel Macron.
The answer of the candidate president to a question on this scenario during his press conference presenting his program on Thursday did not extinguish the questions.
These dates "have been fixed, they are passed in the Council of Ministers", he replied, "and once again, what matters to me are the presidential elections. I have too much respect for appointments. you democratic to jostle them or give the feeling, in a way, to play with", he added.
Asked Wednesday about France Inter, Richard Ferrand pointed out that a dissolution of the National Assembly was "a prerogative of the President of the Republic" and that "today we have a calendar, there is no reason let's not hold it".
"Will there be special or other circumstances that would justify this decision by the President of the Republic? As I speak to you, no," he added.
The president of the LREM group in the Assembly Christophe Castaner said on Monday on BFMTV and RMC that a dissolution "did (him) seem (s) not relevant" and fell "in the domain of rumor".
"The President of the Republic recalled last week that he had convened in the Council of Ministers on dates and that it was necessary to stick to these dates," he added.
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