France has been embroiled in a political disaster since Macron known as a snap election on June 9, after his camp misplaced the European election to Marine Le Pen’s far-right Nationwide Rally.
On July 7, the left-leaning alliance New Well-liked Entrance (NFP) garnered probably the most seats within the Nationwide Meeting, adopted by Macron’s centrist alliance and the Nationwide Rally.
However the NFP doesn’t have an absolute majority within the legislature — an argument utilized by the French president as an excuse for refusing to nominate their candidate for the PM submit, the 37-year-old civil servant Lucie Castets.
Up to now few days, the Elysée Palace has been eager to push Cazeneuve’s identify, arguing he’s one of many solely political figures who wouldn’t instantly be taken down by a movement of no-confidence within the Nationwide Meeting.
Cazeneuve has already served as prime minister beneath François Hollande. Nevertheless, in 2022, he left the Socialist Occasion. He’s a consultant of the French left’s most centrist-leaning fringe and has lengthy been at odds with Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s left-wing France Unbowed.
Cazeneuve “can’t be thought of a left-leaning prime minister if he doesn’t have the assist of the 4 political elements of the left within the Nationwide Meeting,” mentioned Manuel Bompard, who’s representing France Unbowed within the NFP negotiations.
The subsequent prime minister will take over from Gabriel Attal, who will shift to the Nationwide Meeting and lead the pro-Macron group of MPs dubbed Collectively for the Republic