Mélenchon slammed Macron for not yet calling him to explore the possibility of forming a government

The Left is the smallest group in the European Parliament, but it has arrived at the start of the legislature with a strong lead thanks to the victory of the New Popular Front in France. Jean-Luc Mélenchon, the leader of that coalition’s main party, France Insoumise, visited MEPs this Wednesday and, in statements to reporters after the group’s meeting, disparaged Emmanuel Macron for not making any movement to form a new government after Sunday’s elections, which led France to coalitions and unusual cohabitation, in this case between a liberal president and a left-wing prime minister.

At first, Macron decided to dissolve the National Assembly by surprise after the European elections in which Marine Le Pen’s far-right won, Mélenchon recalled, thinking that he himself was “going to reorganize the table”. “They did not expect this. The left immediately formed a united front,” Mélenchon claimed.

“The man who dissolved parliament does not ask anyone to form a government. It is Wednesday today, three days have passed since the election results came out and no one has been called to form a government, not even contacted to say they will be called,” Mélenchon slammed. “There is no trace of any will that would provide the beginning of a response to the situation,” the Insoumise France leader added.

Mélenchon’s words are full of denunciation of what he calls the “presidential monarchy” expressed in Macron, whom he accuses of dissolving the Assembly, “not taking into account the result”, and “not calling anyone to form a government” at the same time that he went to Washington to “bring France’s point of view” at the NATO summit.

Mélenchon believes that there are already issues for which the president must take into account the New Popular Front as the first force of the National Assembly, such as international politics or the decision on the next French commissioner, whom Macron wants to be a liberal once again. Théry, Breton, who holds the internal market portfolio in the current government of Ursula von der Leyen.

In international politics, Mélenchon has deep disagreements with Macron and this is one of the issues that raises the most concern among community partners, given the possibility of a change in French policy, especially with regard to the war in Ukraine. “Ukraine must be able to defend itself,” Mélenchon said, however, he recognized that “peace must be achieved through diplomacy.”