Lucie Castets, selected as the potential Prime Minister by the Nouveau Front Populaire (NFP), will finally meet with Emmanuel Macron. On Friday, August 23, at the Elysee Palace, the financial director of the City of Paris, who is neither an elected official nor a party leader, will be at the center of discussions with the President of the Republic. This meeting is part of a series of consultations that Macron is holding with party and parliamentary group leaders to appoint a successor to the outgoing Prime Minister, Gabriel Attal. The NFP leaders, including the Communist Party’s leader Fabien Roussel, will support and guide Castets in representing their proposed measures to be implemented quickly.
The Elysee Palace has made it clear that Castets has not been specifically invited to the meeting, but she will be received in a constructive, republican, and open spirit. Marine Tondelier, the national secretary of the Greens, is not optimistic about Macron’s willingness to listen. She views these consultations as primarily communication exercises and highlights that the NFP has chosen to participate despite doubts. Despite the Elysee’s repeated statements that Castets will not be chosen, Tondelier believes that Macron has no better plan and that their majority is the most coherent and solid.
Lucie Castets is attempting to show goodwill towards Macron by expressing readiness to work together and make compromises. Meanwhile, the France Insoumise (LFI) party seems less inclined to compromise, with its President in the National Assembly, Mathilde Panot, emphasizing the importance of sticking to the party’s program and promises made to voters. Left-wing parties have held regular meetings this summer and proposed a more collaborative approach to parliamentary work, including sharing the parliamentary agenda. Some Socialist Party members have also engaged in informal discussions with left-leaning members of the presidential camp.
Held by the newspaper Le Monde on July 27th, the photo shows Lucie Castets with Marine Tondelier, the national secretary of Europe Ecologie-Les Verts, in Lille. The NFP’s decision to support Castets as the potential Prime Minister represents a significant development in French politics. The coming meeting between Castets and Macron will be crucial in determining the future of the government and is part of a broader series of consultations being held by the President with various party leaders. The outcome of these discussions will have a significant impact on the formation of the new government and the direction of French politics in the coming months.
As the discussions between Castets and Macron approach, there is a sense of anticipation and uncertainty regarding the outcome. While Castets and the NFP leaders are hopeful that their proposed measures will be considered, others, like Marine Tondelier, remain skeptical of Macron’s intentions. The willingness of all parties involved to engage in dialogue and work towards compromise will ultimately shape the political landscape in France in the near future. The events that unfold in the coming days and weeks will determine the makeup and direction of the new government and have far-reaching implications for the country.
