Reshuffle: LFI fires red ball, the RN accuses Macron of “ignoring” the result of the legislative elections

The government reshuffle was greeted on Monday by a barrage from the side of rebellious France while the RN accused Emmanuel Macron of ignoring “once again” the result of the legislative elections.

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A “macronie at a standstill” for LFI

Even before the official announcement of the new government casting, many LFI executives fired sharp arrows on Twitter, comparing the executive to a “Titanic” in which “few volunteers” had wanted to board, according to the expression of the deputy Manual Bompard.

His colleague from Seine-Saint-Denis Clémentine Autain saw in the reshuffle the reflection of a “macronie at a standstill”. “Nothing new under the gray sky of the government (…) A little game of musical chairs, rare new profiles obviously acquired by old neoliberal recipes”, she tweeted, also attributing the ousting of Damien Abad, targeted by an investigation for attempted rape, to “feminist pressure”.

Also referring to the dismissal of the Minister of Solidarity, the leader of the Insoumis in the Assembly Mathilde Panot welcomed the end of an “aberration”, ensuring that Damien Abad “should never have been appointed” to the government.

Several rebels also aimed their criticism at the general policy statement expected on Wednesday, again summoning Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne to submit to a vote of confidence.

“The lifespan (of this new government, editor’s note) will perhaps be 48 hours. On Wednesday, the Prime Minister must submit to a vote of confidence, or else a motion of censure,” threatened Alexis Corbière.

Within the other Nupes formations, the tone was initially more measured. On the EELV side, Sandrine Rousseau was surprised to “never have met (…) on the slightest environmental struggle” the new Minister of Ecological Transition Christophe Béchu.

“The cast doesn’t matter” according to Roussel

For his part, the national secretary of the PCF Fabien Roussel once again made a slightly different music heard by being more wait-and-see.

“No matter the cast, it is the policy that will be carried out that is decisive (…) It is not the composition of the government that makes the difference, it will be the general policy discourse”, he said. said on Twitter.

“The main thing will be played out in the National Assembly thanks to the vote of the French who did not give an absolute majority to the macronie”, added his lieutenant Ian Brossat.

The very critical RN

On the right and on the far right, a certain wait-and-see attitude dominated, even if the tone remained very critical.

“Those who failed are all renewed. The President of the Republic is thus once again ignoring the verdict of the ballot box and the desire of the French for another policy, ”tweeted the leader of the deputies RN Marine Le Pen.

RN spokesman Laurent Jacobelli particularly targeted Gérald Darmanin, returned to the Interior with a portfolio now extended to Overseas.

“After the Stade de France fiasco, the repeated lies, the inability to manage migratory submersion and savagery, Gérald Darmanin is…. promoted! ? ! Macronie does not care about the results of the elections and the French,” accused Laurent Jacobelli.

On the BFMTV set, the RN deputy for Oise Philippe Ballard however wanted to mark his difference with LFI’s calls to censor the government on Wednesday.

“If it’s just to do the procedure, it’s not of much interest. The French expect something else,” he said.

RN Vice-President of the National Assembly, Sébastien Chenu welcomed the replacement of Olivier Véran at the head of the Ministry of Relations with Parliament.

“This departure is a good thing. We asked for it, ”he said on the franceinfo TV set, criticizing Olivier Véran for having relegated the RN – and the LFI – out of the “republican arc” with which the executive would be brought. to discuss.

Quiet Republicans

On the side of the Republicans, discreet before the announcement itself, the deputy Pierre-Henri Dumont judged “it is a government which resembles more the end of a reign than the beginning of a five-year term”.

the leader of the senators LR Bruno Retailleau preferred to project himself forward. “Only one thing matters now: that this government finally get to work after two months of inaction,” he tweeted, adding: “There are so many things to do to lift France up and so much time to already been lost.