8 a.m.: The leadership of the Socialist Party subscribes to the proposals of La France insoumise
Increase in the minimum wage to 1,400 euros net per month, retirement at 60, ecological planning, Sixth Republic but also non-compliance with “certain European rules”: the leadership of the Socialist Party subscribes to the proposals of the program of insubordinate France with a view to an agreement in the legislative elections, in a document made public on Friday.
In this four-page text, the socialists, who started discussions on Wednesday with LFI, present their “responses” to the “twelve markers” discussed by Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s training, and make additional proposals “in faithfulness to our fundamentals and our priorities, by promoting convergences and without hiding the differences,” they write.
7:41 am: Only 35% of French people want Macron to have a majority in the National Assembly, according to a poll
A BVA survey for RTL and Orange reveals that barely more than a third of French people want the newly re-elected president to obtain a majority in the National Assembly in the legislative elections next June. This therefore means that almost two thirds would like Emmanuel Macron to experience cohabitation, with a Prime Minister of a different political color.
However, neither Jean-Luc Mélenchon nor Marine Le Pen clearly stand out as a potential Prime Minister in the eyes of the French: 37% want the unsuccessful candidate from rebellious France to take his place at Matignon, against 35% for the MP from Pas -de-Calais.
7:34 am: 71% of French people want a more ecological policy, according to a survey
According to a BVA survey for RTL and Orange, more than 7 out of 10 French people want Emmanuel Macron’s second five-year term to be “more ecological”. An expectation “widely shared by the French regardless of their political orientation”, specifies the survey. Moreover, nearly one in two French people (49%) want a “more left-wing” policy against 39% who would like a “more right-wing” policy.
7:21 am: Macron in the Hautes-Pyrénées to talk about rurality
After visiting soldiers injured in external operations at the Percy military hospital in Clamart (Hauts-de-Seine) on Thursday, the newly re-elected president is going to the Hautes-Pyrénées on Friday, one of the departments where he surrendered the most during his first term. And it’s no coincidence: this is where his maternal grandmother lived, Germaine Nogues, to whom he was very attached.
Emmanuel Macron will begin his trip mid-morning. This must be completed by the end of the day. The Head of State must in particular go to the Barbazan-Debat market, for a sequence around the theme of rurality. In the Hautes-Pyrénées, Emmanuel Macron came out on top in the second round with 55.5% of the votes cast.
7:02 am: Blanquer and Dupond-Moretti would be legislative candidates
According to information from France Inter, the Ministers of National Education and Justice will be candidates in the next legislative elections. Jean-Michel Blanquer would be in the 4th constituency of Loiret (Montargis) and Eric Dupond-Moretti in the 15th constituency of the North (Hazebrouck). The first will have to win in a stronghold hitherto occupied by LR Jean-Pierre Door, while the second will try to take the place of Jennifer de Temmerman, a former ex-LREM deputy.
7:01 a.m.: Morning guests
- 7:38 a.m. – France 2: Julien Bayou, EELV national secretary
- 7:45 a.m. – Radio J: Corinne Narassiguin, national secretary of the PS
- 8:13 a.m. – Europe 1: Alexis Corbière, deputy for Seine-Saint-Denis and spokesperson for Jean-Luc Mélenchon
- 8:30 am – France info: Laurent Berger, general secretary of the CFDT
- 8:30 a.m. – LCI: Eric Woerth, deputy for Oise related to LREM
What to remember from Thursday
At the end of the Council of Ministers, Gabriel Attal said that the current team would meet next week before the formation of a new government. “The government will work until the end,” he promised.
Marine Le Pen will be a candidate for her succession to the legislative elections in Pas-de-Calais, announced Jordan Bardella, who will not seek a mandate as a deputy.
Jean Lassalle “asks forgiveness” from the inhabitants of his commune, whose votes have been canceled. After the staging of his abstention in the second round, he is the subject of a criminal investigation.
The communist Fabien Roussel regretted that the discussions for the legislative elections “stumble” with LFI, which has just concluded a first agreement with Génération.s.
On the side of the PS, the discussions with LFI are taking place under better auspices than expected. François Hollande warned against the risk of “disappearance” of the PS in case of agreement.
Deputy François Ruffin attacked François Hollande and “his heir, his son or his bastard Emmanuel Macron” whose action could have led, according to him, to “roll over” the left in the country.
Jean Messiha, former RN who became spokesperson for Eric Zemmour’s campaign, announced that he was leaving Reconquest.
7:00 a.m .: Welcome to this live broadcast devoted to political news, five days after the re-election of Emmanuel Macron and 45 days from the first round of the legislative elections.