Laurence Tubiana’s proposal for Matignon is “not serious”, says Manuel Bompard…

the rebels cannot “impose themselves on everyone else”, he said.
This Tuesday on France Inter, the First Secretary of the Socialist Party Olivier Faure, who maintains the hypothesis of a candidacy of the climate specialist Laurence Tubiana for Matignon despite her rejection by Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s party.

“I don’t see why we should consider that, when there are three political parties out of four (the communists, ecologists and socialists) and in reality a majority of parliamentarians from the Popular Front who are ready to accept this candidacy, I don’t see why we should consider that the word of one person is binding on all the others,” he declared. He believes that a candidacy by Laurence Tubiana was “unchallengeable” by Emmanuel Macron.

This tweet is already controversial and gives a good idea of ​​the tensions within the NFP. Anticipating a temptation to lean towards the centre of the Socialist Party, Sophia Chikirou did not hesitate on Monday to compare the Hollandists to bedbugs.

“If this is indeed the profile that our partners are working on, I’m falling off my chair,” declared Manuel Bompard on France 2 this Tuesday morning, who criticizes Laurence Tubiana for having “signed a column four days ago in which she called for the formation of a coalition and a common program with the Macronists.” This would “let the Macronists come in through the window,” estimated the national coordinator of LFI.

Manuel Bompard, the national coordinator of LFI, considers Laurence Tubiana’s proposal for Matignon “not serious”. Atmosphere on the left…

The president of the National Assembly, the fourth most important person in the state, must be elected on Thursday at 3 p.m. at the opening of the 17th legislature. The vote takes place in three rounds, the first two by absolute majority and the last by relative majority.

The candidates declared so far are: the outgoing president of the Assembly, Yaël Braun-Pivet (Renaissance), the LR deputy of Doubs Annie Genevard, and the centrist Charles de Courson. The RN has not announced its candidate, and the left bloc met on Monday evening to try to reach an agreement. The Macronist camp seems ready to ally itself on its right to deprive the New Popular Front (NFP) of a perch.

In the meantime, we suggest you read the recap of Monday’s day before we know that part of the left was voting for Laurence Tubiana. “Operation Matignon” from Monday, June 15 is available below.

Emmanuel Macron is trying to make himself heard. The President of the Republic again asked his camp on Monday to “build a republican coalition” with “the other forces”, during a meeting during which a strategy was discussed to “avoid” the election of a left-wing personality as president of the National Assembly, according to several participants. “We must never give up on the general interest. It is not a matter of ego or positions, we must be useful to the country”, he reportedly declared.

According to persistent rumors, the head of state could well accept Gabriel Attal’s resignation this time. We remind you that he had refused it the day after the results of the second round of the legislative elections, wanting to “ensure the stability of the country for the moment”. Before this meeting scheduled for 11:30, Emmanuel Macron must bring together senior members of the majority at the Élysée.

This is the question that many have been asking for the past eight days. While the socialists, environmentalists and communists have agreed on a joint candidacy, LFI has not yet made its position known. And since it has indicated that it refuses a personality from society, it is highly doubtful that it will validate the name of Laurence Tubiana. Will the rebels take responsibility for a failure? Will the left let its chance to govern slip away? Our journalist Thibaut Le Gal takes stock. The article can be read here.

A diplomat, academic and aged 73, she was the driving force behind the 2015 Paris Agreement and then the Citizens’ Convention on Climate. The woman who defines herself as a “woman of the left and environmentalist” was sometimes mentioned during the Macronists’ negotiations to form previous governments, without ever following through. Laurence Tubiana was also Lionel Jospin’s environmental advisor from 1997 to 2002. To find out more about her, read the article below.

The three parties confirmed on Monday evening, quite late, that they were going to present Laurence Tubiana’s candidacy to run for Matignon, even if the rebels don’t want to hear about it. The reason? A “Macron-compatible profile”, they complain on social networks, like Bastien Lachaud. The former MP for Seine-Saint-Denis believes that “putting his name forward is not serious”.

The leader of the communists calls on the Insoumis to reason. “Our responsibility is immense,” he wrote on X, before indicating that “it would be incomprehensible if one of the forces left the discussions,” at the risk of “letting the presidential camp take control again.” Jean-Luc, if you can hear him…

If the socialists, communists and environmentalists have practically set off the white smoke, by agreeing on “a personality from civil society”, the rebels are sulking copiously. Yes, they do not want a candidate from civil society. And if that was not clear enough, they have suspended all discussions for Matignon. Not sure that the proposal from their friends, who are putting a little pressure on them in passing, will make them come back to the negotiating table…

The desperate search for a Prime Minister continues. The negotiations between the different left-wing parties are turning into farce, as they seem incapable of finding a compromise. Follow with us the latest political developments of this Tuesday, July 16.