A problem of his own making. His “center” party could work together with the NFP, but just chose not to.
Most main figures or the center parties came out of the bush and admitted they wouldn’t work with a Left government, even after its most radical component (LFI) proposed not playing an active role in this hypothetical government
Looks like they want a minority government.
Macron is actually imposing a majority government of his party. He is now excluding the far right and LFI from discussions. Which leaves his party the biggest one he accept to talk with. If they make a coalition, which I imagine is what he will suggest they do, his party will be the biggest of the coalition.
Meanwhile, as long as he fuck around like this, the old government still governs like nothing happened.
How can it be a majority government if his party is the second largest after NFP and before RN? Without NFP nor RN, isn’t it by definition a minority government?
I feel like I’m missing something…
Easy, Macron said he wouldn’t talk to LFI or RN anymore. Without LFI and RN, macron’s party is the largest.
He’s hoping to work with individual parties (PS, PCF, Greens) that are currently part of the NFP, in order to exclude LFI from the equation.
If the NFP doesn’t break up, then that doesn’t sound like a path forward. From what I’ve heard, French media, Macron, and his party have been painting LFI to be worse than RN for some reason that I can’t understand.
Probably he’ll blame the NFP for not wanting to break up with LFI and say they’re at fault for hindering a coalition. I bet that’s his next move.
That, or he’s still fantasising that he can controle the situation and win through “political wits” and authority.
I’m speculating, but I feel like if his party doesn’t rule, Macron will completely lose controle over it. So he’s doing absolutely everything he can for that to not happen. But he will have to face reality at some point. Unfortunately the 5th Republic of France doesn’t encourage him to be reasonable.
