If president and his alliance fail to secure support, France could face a long spell of political gridlock
French President Emmanuel Macron casts his ballot during the final round of the country's parliamentary elections, in Le Touquet, France, on June 19 2022. Picture: POOL via REUTERS/MICHEL SPINGLER
This leaves his centrist Ensemble bloc seeking support from the opposition benches to salvage his reform agenda. Les Republicains provide the most obvious place for Macron to find support. The conservatives’ economic platform is largely compatible with Macron’s, including his plans to raise the retirement age by three years to 65.
Macron’s camp has said it hoped to work with moderates on the political right and left. The president wants to deepen EU integration, make the French work longer and build new nuclear plants. He aims “to identify possible constructive solutions” in this weeks, the Elysee palace said.Sunday’s elections delivered a fragmented parliament and plunged France into uncharted waters with no rule book on how to exit the crisis.
“We have had a so-called Jupiterian period when the president decided alone and where he was not accountable to anyone,” Faure told reporters. Opposition calls for Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne to step down intensified on Monday. On Tuesday the Elysee said she had tendered her resignation but that Macron had rejected it so that the government could keep working.
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