His appointment Michelle Barnier places the extreme right in a “royal position” in France, as it points out Politico in his analysis of the country’s new prime minister, after the “coup” Macron appointed Michel Barnier as prime minister, promoting a right-far-right alliance, even though the New Popular Front won the last election. In fact, the publication emphasizes that “the survival of the next government depends on… the leniency of Marine Le Pen.
“Macron has finally appointed a prime minister to bring France out of the deadlock, but in doing so he has handed the far-right a major victory. Now, the Barnier government’s survival depends on the goodwill of National Alarm, Marine Le Pen’s far-right party that finished third in this summer’s elections.
The left-wing New Popular Front alliance has already vowed to support no-confidence motions against Barnier. So the Prime Minister will need the tacit support of the far right to ensure that… he is not immediately overthrown. After all, the Macron group and the Republicans who will likely support him only have 213 seats, less than the 289 required for a majority.”
Le Pen’s party has set the conditions to give the “green light” to the Barnier government: Measures for purchasing power, immigration and security, proportional representation in parliament but also “respect” for far-right MPs.
The centrist senator’s statement Herve Marseille is characteristic: “Le Pen gives the kiss of death to the scheme. The National Alarm has 142 deputies, they cannot be ignored.”
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Le Pen is a central figure
According to the PoliticoMarine Le Pen was an important figure in the negotiations for the choice of prime minister. When Xavier Bertrand’s name was seen as a favorite, Macron called Le Pen, according to a government official.
It was not known what was discussed, but the far-right threatened to immediately reject a government by Bertrand, who once boasted he had “broken the jaws of the far-right” in a province that is a stronghold for Le Pen.
“And so, on Thursday, the Bertrand candidacy was completely extinguished in favor of the Barnier solution.”
The main question for Barnier moods
Now, the question that arises after the appointment Barnier is whether he will be able to satisfy the demands of the extreme right, but also to compromise with his center-right and centrist supporters. The far-right opposes measures on the new government’s agenda such as budget cuts.
“Barnier seems to meet at least one of the criteria we asked for, which is to have someone who respects the different political forces and can talk to the National Alarm,” stated the Lepen. “It would be something useful, as compromises will be needed.”
Of course, the far right could immediately topple the Barnier government, but pollster Bruno Zanbar noted that it would be unwise for Le Pen’s party to hasten the outbreak of a new political crisis.
“They have the fate of the government in their hands, but I’m not sure it’s in their best interest to topple the government too quickly.”he emphasized.
“They could let things happen until the next presidential election. They understand that it is difficult to run a country without winning the presidential election.”
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Discomfort with the choice of Macron
Macron’s relations with National Alarm “bells” have rung in the camp of the French president. “After dissolving parliament after June’s European elections, he campaigned to keep the far-right out of power. But now he has handed them the sword of Damocles that will hang over the heads of the members of the next administration,” notes Politico.
A centrist member of parliament stressed that the appointment of Barnier “does not correspond to the spirit of the Republican Front”. He added that the National Front “holds the fate of Barnier in its hands”.
At the same time, accusations are being made against the Left which “failed to think outside the box. “After there were internal disputes, the New People’s Front proposed the Lucy Kastets as a candidate. Macron quickly shot down her candidacy, predicting that she would not survive the no-confidence vote.
However, the leader of the Greens, Marine Todelieradded that Macron was anyway “looking for someone who was marching further and further to the right to satisfy the National Alarm, ensuring that he would support the next government”.
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