Macron's "Soft Coup" Against Voters

Macron has allied with the far-right to appoint conservative grandee, Michel Barnier, as France’s new Prime Minister. Despite the recent electoral victory of the “New Popular Front,” Macron has disregarded the results and imposed Barnier, a member of the “Les Républicains” party, which came in fourth in the last election.

The appointment of Barnier will rely on the support of Le Pen’s far-right group in parliament because Macron’s centrist grouping came in second place. This means that Le Pen’s party will be able to extract numerous concessions as they’ll have the power to pull the rug from the fragile government.

The move is a flagrant disregard for the outcome of the July elections, in which the “New Popular Front,” a coalition of the Communist Party, Melenchon’s France Insoumise, and the Socialist Party, came in first place. Meaning, they should have been given the office of the Prime Minister.

Macron has ruled out that possibility on ideological grounds and opted to give Le Pen the kingmaker role. Barnier is a former EU commissioner and leading figure of the conservative “Les Républicains” party which won just 8.3% of seats in parliament.

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