After his party’s defeat in the July elections, Macron must decide who to nominate for prime minister.

The NFP, particularly the hard-left France Unbowed (LFI), has demanded for their right to form a government. The party argued that since it won the most seats, it should pick the new prime minister. It has chosen Lucie Castets, 37, as its candidate.

However, Macron’s party, along with the conservatives and the far right, have promised to vote no confidence in a left-wing government.

  • Sagittarii@lemm.ee
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    4 months ago

    Typical liberal rejecting any shift to the left in favour of fascists.

    It's great that the LFI managed to come this far even within a liberal framework, but real change has only ever come from organizing and applying pressure from outside the capitalist system to overthrow it. This should be a signal to french comrades to start organizing for that.

    • realharo@lemm.ee
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      4 months ago

      Democracy is when you need a majority of votes, which they don't have. If they did, none of this would be an issue.

  • PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml
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    4 months ago

    LFI isn't even hard left, and it made all kinds of concessions even before now, like choosing Castets as candidate for PM who isn't even from their party.

  • Staines [they/them]
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    4 months ago

    Imagine the outcry if this had happened in a real democracy, like Venezuela.

  • qprimed@lemmy.ml
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    4 months ago

    that thing you do when you are absolutely, positively, without a doubt, 100% sure you can fuck shit up even more.

    • Ethalis@jlai.lu
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      4 months ago

      Macron is the President, not the PM, so he doesn't have to leave. Moreover, he's the only one who can appoint a new PM, so all the NFP can do is put forward a candidate and hope His Majesty Macron deems him/her to be worthy. The whole situation is essentially a soft coup by Macron and his party, there's no way around it