Alexandre Chauveau, edited by Wassila Belhacine 10:17 p.m., June 20, 2022
The results of the second round of legislative elections are weakening the executive, which has failed to form a clear majority.
The Republicans win 61 seats and refuse any alliance with the government party.
The right-wing party is taking this opportunity to consolidate a base, which has been weakened in recent years, in the French political landscape.
TO ANALYSE
At the end of the second round of the legislative elections, Emmanuel Macron appears isolated in the center of a topsy-turvy political landscape, with an Assembly without a clear majority, in which his camp is retreating sharply in favor of both the left and the extreme. right.
Governing with such an Assembly can be complicated for the executive.
Emmanuel Macron could be tempted to turn to Les Républicains.
LR, which won 61 seats, met this afternoon with its strategic committee.
Almost unanimously, the Republicans are opposed to a coalition with the government in order to constitute a majority.
"Assume our line"
Only Jean-François Copé pleads for a government pact.
Éric Ciotti, re-elected last night in the Alpes-Maritimes, is very clear about the role of the Republicans in the Assembly: "We are not intended to be the spare wheel of a power that has failed, that has fragmented our country, which has weakened it."
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Same story with François-Xavier Bellamy, for whom yesterday's election offers an unexpected opportunity for the right to weigh in the next five years: "Now is the time, more than ever, to assume our line, defend our convictions peacefully, to be useful to all that is in the right direction for the future of France. But also to be capable, and this will be the most important thing, of resisting all the abuses we have witnessed over the last mandate."
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The right therefore wants to oppose, but in a constructive way by being a force of proposal.
"We will present, either before the end of the summer or in the fall, a series of proposals on the various subjects which are the subjects of concern for the French on a daily basis", indicates Christian Jacob, the president of the Republicans.
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