More than a month and a half after the parliamentary elections in France, President Emmanuel Macron on Monday continued consultations to find a stable government.
On Monday morning he received the President of the National Assembly, Yaël Braun-Pivet.
Macron was also due to speak during the day with Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella of the far-right Rassemblement National party, their ally Éric Ciotti and Senate President Gérard Larcher.
The President is expected to update the public on the results of the consultations on Monday evening.
According to French media, another round of talks is likely to take place on Tuesday before Macron possibly appoints a new prime minister on Wednesday evening, coinciding with the start of the Paralympic Games in Paris.
In the snap parliamentary elections, the left-wing alliance New Popular Front (NFP) came first, ahead of Macron’s centrist forces and the far-right team led by Le Pen. No faction won an absolute majority in the National Assembly, making it difficult to form a government.
Macron’s centrist faction envisions some kind of grand coalition, but the conservatives have already ruled out participating in such a government.
Moreover, Macron’s team does not want to work with the left-wing party France Unbowed and its fiery founder Jean-Luc Mélenchon, which is part of the left-wing alliance. The alliance in turn wants to form a united front.
