French voters are called to the polls this weekend for an exceptional moment in their political history.
Followers of the leftist coalition Nouveau Front Populaire glue campaign posters for the upcoming legislative election, Wednesday, June 26, 2024 in Strasbourg, eastern France. French President Emmanuel Macron called snap elections following the defeat of his centrist alliance at European Union elections earlier this month. Voters will choose lawmakers for the National Assembly in two rounds on June 30 and July 7.
Key party leaders are expected to unveil their strategy in between the two rounds. This makes the result of the second round highly uncertain, depending on political maneuvering and how voters will react. France’s modern Republic has experienced three cohabitations, the last one under conservative President Jacques Chirac, with Socialist Prime Minister Lionel Jospin, from 1997 to 2002.“In case of cohabitation, policies implemented are essentially those of the prime minister,” political historian Jean Garrigues said.
Yet today, both the far-right and the leftist coalition's views in these areas differ radically from Macron’s approach and would likely be The New Popular Front's platform plans to “immediately recognize the Palestinian state” and to “break with the French government’s guilty support” for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government.The president can name a prime minister from the parliamentary group with the most seats at the National Assembly — this was the case of Macron’s own centrist alliance since 2022.
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