Rebellious France rejects prime ministerial candidate proposed by the New Popular Front

It was named by French socialists, communists and environmentalists. Economist and diplomat Lawrence Tubiana as their candidate for Prime Minister, although this proposal Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s La Francia Insumisa has not been well receivedAccording to Europa Press, who had announced a day earlier that he was abandoning the negotiations to find a candidate for head of government proposed by the progressive bloc of the New Popular Front.

Tubiana, 73, was born in French Algeria, He worked for the socialist Lionel Jospin’s executive (1997-2002) and has on several occasions rejected Macron’s proposal to lead the Ministry of Ecological Transition. While Socialists, Communists and environmentalists see in Toubiana a high-profile candidate for prime minister, those of Mélenchon are wary of his possible affinity for more centrist policies and those related to Macronism.

a day before the President of socialist PartyOlivier Faure announced that most of the parties of the New Popular Front had reached an agreement to present A candidate coming “from civil society”And already this Tuesday the name of Tubiana has been confirmed, whose biodata highlights being an ambassador for the negotiations of the UN Conference on Climate Change in 2015.

Thus, the coordinator of Rebellious FranceManuel Bompard has been one of the first to speak out on the matter and in an interview for France 2 he criticized the rest of the New Popular Front. not following due process In addition, he has assured that “if this is the profile on which the partners work, I will fall off my chair”, stressing that the economist is not a “serious” option.

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According to Bompard, Tubiana This in a way represents the views of French President Emmanuel Macronand therefore accuses the Socialists of “bringing out the Macronists expelled by the voters” in the election. “For eight days we have been working to form a government of the New Popular Front to implement the program,” he stressed.

Following these criticisms, Faure has come forward to defend him Tubiana is a person who is “committed to both the ecological and social spheres” and advocates covering the fight against climate change and inequalities with the collection of taxes on the highest incomes, something she considers to be a candidate that “perfectly matches” the electoral program.

For his part, the leader of Communist PartyFabien Roussel warns that if the progressive bloc fails to find an alternative government, “it would be a real disaster and a lack of respect for all those voters and electors who expressed their wish to change things.”