From consultations with party leaders, French President Emmanuel Macron concluded that "a government of national unity is currently ruled out".
The "majority" of the parties disagree, according to what the president announced live on TV from the Elysée.
The way is "the
search for a wider and clearer majority
to act".
"
We must all together learn to govern and legislate in a different way
," Macron said, addressing the country for the first time since
Sunday's
defeat in the legislative elections .
"Building new compromises in dialogue, in listening, in respect - said the president - is what you wanted and I take note of it".
"I have
faith in everyone's spirit of responsibility
," Macron continued, invoking the need to "
build compromises
" with other political forces after the presidential coalition lost an absolute majority in the National Assembly.
In tonight's message on TV, Macron referred to both a "
coalition pact
" and a "
case-by-case search for majorities
."
A "new method", a "new configuration", said Macron, which we will have to start "building" on his return from the European summit in Brussels.
Mélenchon, Borne gains confidence or resigns
"Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne must ask the National Assembly for confidence": this is the request made by the leader of France Insoumise, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, who spoke immediately after President Emmanuel Macron's speech to the nation . "Nothing must allow to pass in front of the requirement of democracy. The prime minister must solicit the confidence of the Assembly and if she does not obtain it she must resign", warned the tribune of the gauche, observing that at present "the executive is weak but the National Assembly is strong. "