French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday rejected the idea of a government of national unity – which he considers “not justified to date” – to get out of the crisis resulting from the legislative elections on Sunday, while calling for a compromise with the country’s political forces to achieve a “clear majority”.
Addressing the French for the first time since Sunday, the Head of State acknowledged the broken bones revealed by the legislative elections and called on the political class to learn to govern and legislate differently.
The French president only has a relative majority in the National Assembly and must find alliances either on a case-by-case basis or within the framework of a coalition.
We will have to build compromises, enrichments, amendments, but do so in complete transparency, in the open air if I may say so, with a desire for unity and action for the nation.declared the president during this short televised address, referring the various political forces to their responsibilities.
” To make useful progress, it is now up to the political groups to say in complete transparency how far they are prepared to go. “
I hear and am determined to support the desire for change that the country has clearly expressedhe said again, recalling that he had exchanged yesterday and today with the leaders of all the political formations.
He estimates that all expressed their respect for [les] institutions and their desire to avoid a deadlock for [leur] country.
Emphasizing that the ballot had made of the presidential majority the leading political force in the National Assembly but without an absolute majority, its responsibility is therefore to expand, either by building a coalition contract or by building majorities text by text.
Immersed in uncertainty, France is not used to this type of scenario, also recalled Emmanuel Macron in his speech, adding that European partners like Germany are more accustomed to it.
He further announced that, from this summeryou will have to take a law for purchasing power and for work to pay better, the first decisions to move towards full employment, strong choices on energy and the climate, emergency measures for our health, that it is whether our hospital or the epidemic.
The president further clarified that the executive would begin to build this method and this new configuration on his return from the European summit on Thursday and Friday in Brussels, without ever pronouncing the name of Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne.
France Media Agency
Source: Radio-Canada
