Macron accused of giving Le Pen the power of Julius Caesar overseeing a gladiatorial battle, giving a thumbs up or down to his candidate for prime minister
Michel Barnier, France 's incoming prime minister, during a speech at the Hotel Matignon in Paris, France , on Thursday. Photograph: Nathan Laine/BloombergMarine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally came third in France ’s snap legislative elections this summer. Two months later, though, they are now the power behind the throne, propping up new prime minister Michel Barnier’s government.
“Today, we have a prime minister who is completely dependent on the RN,” said Lucie Castets – the prime ministerial pick of the leftist alliance that came top in the July vote, but who was overlooked by Macron – on Friday.
Socialist Party president Olivier Faure said Barnier would be fully aware his fate rested in the hands of Le Pen, adding that nobody from his party would join the government. “It is now the extreme right that makes the kings or queens,” he said on France Inter.
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