Red alert for Macron: Half of France wants Macron impeached
A poll conducted in France shows that 49 percent of the public supports the move by the far-left La France Insoumise (LFI) party to impeach President Emmanuel Macron, who refused to appoint a prime minister from the left-wing alliance that became the largest political group in the National Assembly following early general elections.
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The French public holds Macron responsible for the political landscape in the country, where a new government has still not been formed two months after the early general elections. Despite the success of the left-wing alliance in the elections, Macron's refusal to appoint the left's joint prime ministerial candidate, Lucie Castets, is being described as an "anti-democratic coup" by the left-wing community, led by the alliance's largest party, LFI.
According to a poll conducted by the Elabe polling firm for the French broadcaster BFMTV, 49 percent of the French public supports the initiative by LFI, which announced it would launch a "legal process" in the National Assembly to impeach the president after Macron stated he would not appoint Castets as prime minister.
HALF OF THE PUBLIC WANTS MACRON IMPEACHED
64 percent of those who voted for the left-wing New Popular Front (NFP) alliance and 50 percent of those who voted for the far-right National Rally (RN) and its partners expressed support for the submission of a motion of no confidence aimed at impeaching Macron. Furthermore, 47 percent of participants characterized the failure to appoint Castets as prime minister as a "denial of democracy."
GOVERNMENT HAS NOT BEEN FORMED FOR TWO MONTHS
On the other hand, 74 percent of those surveyed noted that they did not think the motion of no confidence to be filed for Macron's removal would be successful. In France, a motion of no confidence is accepted if it receives the support of the majority in the 577-seat National Assembly. The process of forming a government has been ongoing for nearly two months following the early general elections held on June 30 and July 7.
MACRON CAN APPOINT WHOMEVER HE WANTS AS PRIME MINISTER
Macron announced on August 26 that he would not appoint the leftist Castets as prime minister and stated that he would continue negotiations with political leaders to form a government. Following the early general elections in France, the NFP and its affiliates form the largest political group in the National Assembly with 193 deputies, followed by Macron's ruling coalition with 166 deputies and the far-right RN and its partners with 142 deputies. According to the French Constitution, the president has the authority to appoint whomever they wish as prime minister, but according to political tradition, the prime minister is chosen from the party or alliance that receives the most votes.