While the unsuccessful presidential candidate is campaigning with the slogan "Jean-Luc Mélenchon Prime Minister", Emmanuel Macron affirmed Friday in an interview with the regional press that "no political party can impose a name on the president", which "chooses the person he appoints Prime Minister by looking at Parliament".

“Indeed”, replied on LCI the boss of LFI who leads the left-wing Nupes alliance, but “I propose that we stick to reasonable things”: “it is useless to pay for a crisis in addition institutional”.

In "all the countries of the world, the king or the president appoints the leader of the majority who is in place", declared Jean-Luc Mélenchon on Sunday, believing that Emmanuel Macron should appoint him Prime Minister if the left-wing coalition wins the legislative.

“If it happens and the president wants to trigger it, he will give the impression that he never supports democracy.

It would be a mistake on his part, he is wrong, ”he added.

The Jean Castex example

In the event of victory for the left-wing coalition, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, on the other hand, did not answer as to whether he would support another Prime Minister than him, but from his camp.

The deputy of Bouches-du-Rhône, who is not a candidate for his own succession to the legislative elections, also criticized the President of the Republic who had observed that "it is rare to win an election in which one does not not present”.

“Since you are going this way, was Jean Castex elected (to Parliament) when he was appointed Prime Minister?

No”, he recalled, also citing the examples of Georges Pompidou and Raymond Barre.

“So what is this last minute invention?

“, he still lambasted.

Discussions "in progress" for the formation of a government

Asked about "ongoing discussions" with representatives of the PS, PCF and EELV, members of the coalition to form a possible government, Jean-Luc Mélenchon replied "of course".

Acknowledging that "there are already differences" with his partners, he explained that, if he came to the responsibilities, his "logic" would be "we discuss until we understand everything well and that we really know if we disagree”.

For the moment, and according to several polls, the presidential majority (Together!) would come out on top in number of seats at the end of the second round, ahead of Nupes (LFI, EELV, PS, PC), ahead of LR and RN.

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