France: weakened, Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne consults the opposition

Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne, June 19, 2022. AP - Ludovic Marin

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He still lacks about forty allies in the Assembly.

Emmanuel Macron is looking for alliances after losing an absolute majority in the legislative elections last Sunday.

In full international sequence, the French president left the hand to his Prime Minister.

Weakened, Elisabeth Borne began to consult political groups.

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She is still there, Elisabeth Borne.

An interview last night at LCI, photos while jogging in Paris Match and phone calls with the leaders of political groups in the Assembly.

The ecologist Julien Bayou, the head of the RN deputies Marine Le Pen and the rebellious Mathilde Panot are on the call list of the day.

With a question asked by the Prime Minister, always the same: " 

 " with Emmanuel Macron?

Executive efforts to find compromises

For the most part, we already know their answer: “ 

 At Matignon, we are well aware that these discussions will not be the last.

Above all, these phone calls offer Elisabeth Borne the opportunity to stage the executive's efforts to find a compromise.

And on a more personal level, it is a way of showing herself to the manoeuvre, she who lives under the threat of a reshuffle.

Proof that she is not ready to leave her post, she is meeting several of her ministers at the start of next week to talk about future measures for purchasing power.

A text that will test possible alliances in the Assembly.

►Also read: France: after Emmanuel Macron's speech, the post-legislative political deadlock continues

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