He had not yet spoken since the political earthquake of the legislative elections.
While Emmanuel Macron began a series of consultations on Tuesday by receiving in turn the leaders of the political parties who were going to form a group in a National Assembly without an absolute majority, his former Prime Minister Édouard Philippe was the guest of BFMTV.
“
The result of the second round of the legislative elections places us, the French, in an unprecedented situation.
Unprecedented
”, analyzes the former host of Matignon, who refuses to compare the current situation with that experienced by his predecessor Michel Rocard, in 1988.
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If the other faithful of Emmanuel Macron, François Bayrou, urged the President of the Republic to
"get as close as possible to national unity"
Tuesday at the exit of the Elysée Palace
,
Édouard Philippe considers that "
we are going to have to to form a coalition, a grand coalition, with people who spontaneously do not want to work together, with people who are committed to different programs, with people who have criticized each other
”.
For the former head of government, “
no political family can govern alone.
Neither the majority without its current configuration, nor the Nupes, nor the RN, nor the LRs.
No grouping alone can obtain a majority which gives it the possibility in a stable way
”.
A situation that leads him to insist that “
the voters told the political leaders of this Assembly that they had to work together
”.
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On the strength of this observation, the mayor of Le Havre (Seine-Maritime) asks political parties to find “
a place where things can be pooled.
The president-elect was used to having an absolute majority in favor of his policy a few weeks after his victory, so he did not need to make concessions to the opposition.
"The time is much more for the preparation of the sequel, and for discussion in a political culture where compromise and coalition are ultimately little practiced and not classic"
, indicates Édouard Philippe, who wants to build "
in the interest of the country, a stable majority
".
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The opportunity to launch an appeal with his foot to his former Republican comrades:
“It is possible to imagine (
with them)
a frank, direct discussion, a compromise.”
A few minutes later, the boss of LR Christian Jacob, who was received by Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday, rejected this outstretched hand a few moments later on the same antenna: “
Our line is very clear, we will be force of proposals, but never in the compromise.
He was one of the craftsmen who ensured, with President Macron, to kill the LR party.
(...) So we will be on our line.
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