As Leticia Fuentes explains in the previous entry, the left seeks a legislative solution for France. The NFP – made up of socialists, environmentalists, communists and the radical left party La France Insoumise (LFI) – won the legislative elections without a majority, but Macron refused to name his candidate, the economist Lucie Castets, as prime minister. Although Castets said on Tuesday that she is “prepared to govern”, the socialists would advocate proposing a “non-censorship” pact with specific agreements with the rest of the parties, except the extreme right, but with a left-wing government. This opening clashes with the position of LFI, which advocates “applying the program and only the program” of the New Popular Front, despite the fact that this scenario would imply rapid censorship perhaps by Macron. The leader of the Socialists, Olivier Faure, also rejected a Government led by former Socialist Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve, who left the party and rejects any agreement with LFI.
