The French president instead has called for France to learn parliamentary politics and the art of negotiation that is practiced in other European countries, but his inability to take a step back is stifling progress, said Weissberg. “The president must show that he doesn’t have a solution. He isn’t capable of showing that the ball … Read more
However, the euroskeptics in Budapest or Bratislava don’t have the clout to hollow out the EU on their own. But if joined by founding members like Italy, and perhaps The Netherlands, their promise — or threat — of turning the bloc into a “Europe of nations” becomes ever more possible. Plus, for the right-wing populists … Read more
On Friday, the Republican Right, which is formally registered as an opposition group, was quick to pour cold water on those expectations. “We weren’t going to elect a communist to head the National Assembly,” Republican Right lawmaker Annie Genevard said in an interview with Europe1 on Friday, explaining why they elected to vote for Macron’s … Read more
The dramatic vote came just 11 days after the New Popular Front (NFP), a broad alliance of left-wing parties, secured a surprise victory in this summer’s snap election, winning the most seats but falling far short of an outright majority. The inconclusive result of the election pushed French politics into turmoil, threatening the EU’s second-biggest economy … Read more
The choice of who fills the prime ministerial and cabinet positions is up to the president, who mostly does as they please when their party holds an absolute majority in parliament, or otherwise picks the leader of whichever party controls the lower house. But the fragmented political landscape in France makes it unclear who is … Read more
“When you kick off negotiations, you don’t start by cutting off your finger and offering it on plate, you don’t give in quite so much at the beginning,” said one person familiar with the president’s thinking, who was granted anonymity to speak candidly. Choppy waters But while Attal’s move to a top position in parliament … Read more
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Mayhem in the presidential camp While centrists did better than expected on Sunday — scoring enough seats to beat the far-right National Rally, which most pollsters had tipped to come in first place — the movement is still bleeding support and membership. Many are questioning whether their future lies within Macron’s party, Renaissance, now that … Read more
The left-wing alliance for the moment has not endorsed coalitions that would go beyond its own camp. But Macron’s camp is betting on internal division within the left-wing alliance, for instance between the more moderate socialists and the most radical from the France Unbowed movement. Coalition negotiations are almost uncharted territory in France’s recent history … Read more
Quatennens isn’t an MP any more but is very close to radical left firebrand Jean-Luc Mélenchon. Quatennens on Tuesday called for “a people’s march” to the prime minister’s office building in central Paris, arguing that French President Emmanuel “Macron wants to rob us of victory.” He accused the president of “maneuvering to block” the left-wing … Read more
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