The far-left party La France Insoumise has declined to participate in consultations with President Emmanuel Macron regarding the appointment of a new prime minister following a no-confidence vote against Michel Barnier’s government.
On Friday evening, La France Insoumise announced that its representatives would not attend the consultations scheduled for Monday at the Élysée Palace. They stated that discussions about a new prime minister are irrelevant unless the nominee is from the New Popular Union, a coalition of left-wing forces that includes La France Insoumise and received the most votes in the parliamentary elections.
Manuel Bompard, the party’s national coordinator, emphasized that La France Insoumise is “ready to govern based on the program it was elected for” and that there should be “no discussions with the president except on appointing a government from the New Popular Union.”
Meanwhile, Olivier Faure, leader of the French Socialist Party, expressed openness to negotiations.
France has been plunged into a political crisis this week after the National Assembly, the lower house of parliament, dismissed Michel Barnier’s government just three months after its formation.
