"
Hard blow
", "
snub
", "
historic setback
" or "
stinging defeat
", the foreign press largely pointed this Monday to the failure of Emmanuel Macron to obtain a majority in the National Assembly.
And above all, the foreign media fear an ungovernable France.
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“
Political instability is coming to France
,” headlines the Quebec daily
Le Devoir
.
The President of the Republic re-elected for a second five-year term but "
weakened
", will have to face "
monster blockages
" for each of his bills, warns the Swiss newspaper
Le Temps.
After "
a notable underperformance
"
,
the presidential party "
will very often be prevented by a very rebellious and powerful opposition
", notes the daily Genevoix which also evokes the specter of rebellious left or right within the relative majority.
"
For the first time in 20 years, a newly elected president did not obtain an absolute majority in the National Assembly
", alerts the
New York Times
.
"
This will not completely stop Mr. Macron's national agenda, but it will probably pose great difficulties for him to pass his bills
", explains the American newspaper cautiously, noting that power is finally refocused in the Assembly national government, "
after a first term in which the top-down style of government had been largely depreciated
".
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Tripartite Parliament
This unprecedented situation, which sends French politics “
towards an unknown destination
”, as
El Periodico
points out , is due to a worrying tripartition of political life that began in the presidential election and is now endorsed in the National Assembly.
"
The risk of ungovernability will increase with the new fragmentation of the Assembly
", analyzes
El País
in its editorial.
The centre-left Spanish daily nevertheless sees the opportunity for a “
better government, more efficient and attentive to the complexity of the country
”.
"
Emmanuel Macron will have to come out of the isolation of the Élysée and [...] govern with a new method: less vertical and more attentive to citizens and their representatives
”.
In Germany, the daily
Die Welt
noted that during his trip to Ukraine, "
Macron warned that it would be pointless to add disorder in France to disorder in the world
" and added that "
as always, when someone one wants to tell the French what to do, they do the opposite
”.
The newspaper, pessimistic, evokes a "
gloomy scenario for the future
" which could result in "
five years of blockade
" because the tripartition will not be able to accept compromise.
“
Given that French political culture is alien to working out compromise solutions […] Macron now risks facing an extremely difficult five years
.”
Politico
approves of this observation by sweeping away any possibility of a stable government agreement, in particular the too divided Les Républicains party.
“
It will more likely be case-by-case collaborations, synonymous with endless negotiations on bills, and shaky agreements
”.
If the LR mayor of Meaux Jean-François Copé wished Sunday evening at the end of the results "
a pact of government
", the president of the party Christian Jacob firmly rejected this possibility.
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Concern for Europe
Still in the columns of the Europhile daily
Die Welt
, the editor-in-chief of the international pages regrets that Angela Merkel refused to cooperate when there was still time with Emmanuel Macron, "
a chance for Europe which will not come back again
".
If the former German chancellor had more accepted "
the new European social contract
" of the French president, "
Emmanuel Macron could have kept voters whom he has now lost
", the daily believes.
Many newspapers are thus worried about the consequences of this election for the European Union, after the setback of a Europeanist president.
“
Sad evening for Europe
”, deplores
Le Temps
, for example .
“
Mélenchon will not be prime minister.
But he will be at the head of a populist, anti-European, anti-Atlantic Alliance far-left opposition, hostile to Ukraine's entry into the EU
,” alarmed the conservative Spanish media
ABC
.
This scenario is "
totally unprecedented for the political and institutional tradition of the French presidential regime, and puts everything at stake: the liberal reforms but also France's international position, on Europe and on the war in Ukraine
", observes for its shares
La Stampa
, which adds that "
France's European and international position is becoming much more uncertain
".
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“
Worrying, the result of these legislative elections is also worrying for Europe
”, finally fears
Le Soir
.
“
With France waking up ungovernable, it is the only nuclear power in the Union that is weakened.
And we obviously wonder how France will position itself in the current major crises (the war in Ukraine, the economic recovery plan
, the environmental crisis) with an Assembly so divided and which has probably never been so anti-European
.
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