Appointment of a new government in France: Macron keeps on meeting

Hibapress

After the parties and personalities from multiple backgrounds, it is the turn of two candidates for the post of Prime Minister in France to be received, this Monday, by the President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron, as part of his political consultations.

Mr. Macron began this new round by receiving the former socialist prime minister Bernard Cazeneuve and the former minister and member of the Les Républicains party, Xavier Bertrand, both of whom the media have been acclaiming in recent days for Matignon.

Let us recall that since August 23, Mr. Macron, in search of a prime minister who would achieve consensus and who would resist a motion of censure in the National Assembly, has consulted both in the right-wing and left-wing camps to get the country out of the unprecedented situation in which it finds itself.

The head of state will also receive this Monday the former president of the republic François Hollande, then his predecessor Nicolas Sarkozy, who had clearly declared himself in favour of a right-wing government.

“In light of the last two elections, the European elections and the early legislative elections, France is right-wing, probably as it has never been,” Mr Sarkozy told the newspaper “Le Figaro”, calling on his political family (Les Républicains) to propose a Prime Minister from its ranks “rather than giving in to the easy option of allowing a left-wing personality to be appointed.”

For the French media, these consultations represent the final stretch for the French president before appointing the new occupant of Matignon.

Citing Mr Macron’s entourage, the press speculates that the latter should let the school year start on Monday and proceed with the appointment of the new prime minister on Tuesday.

The early elections called by the President of the Republic last June to “make the French face their responsibilities” in the face of the rise of the extreme right had, it should be remembered, given rise to a heterogeneous political map with no clear majority in the lower house, making it difficult to choose a prime minister who would enjoy the confidence of the deputies.