Bardella seeks “the widest possible majority” in France and reaches out to the Republicans

June 11 () –

The leader of the National Rally, Jordan Bardella, who aspires to be prime minister of France after the imminent legislative elections, assured this Tuesday that he wants to have “the largest possible majority”, for which he has reached out to the historic Republicans. representatives of the center-right.

“Every day that passes prepares me to exercise power,” said Bardella, who was also the head of his party’s list in Sunday’s European elections. National Group achieved an unprecedented result on that day by obtaining more than 31 percent of the votes.

These results led the French president, Emmanuel Macron, to announce on the same election night the dissolution of the National Assembly and the calling of elections for June 30 and July 7. The proximity of the event has forced all parties to redefine alliances, also taking into account that the double round system forces both friends and enemies to mark.

Bardella believes that the “National Rally can win the elections”, but in an interview with RTL he has raised a potential “government of national unity” with the presence of other forces. Thus, he is willing to support candidates from other parties in certain constituencies, with an eye on Los Republicanos.

The far-right leader has asked Éric Ciotti’s party to “stop being Macron’s political crutch”, after in the outgoing legislature they have avoided supporting the several motions of censure presented against a Government lacking a clear majority in Parliament.

THE LIMITS OF CIOTTI

Former Prime Minister Edouard Philippe has proposed in another interview to build an alliance that abandons “sectarianism” and brings together the parties of the “central bloc” of the political spectrum, from the Socialist Party to the Republicans, for the “interest of the country.” “If not, the alternative will be the National Group,” he warned.

The response from the leader of Los Republicanos has not been long in coming and Ciotti has issued a sentence on social networks: “Never with us!” In this sense, he has ruled out any alliance “with the friends of (Jean-Luc) Mélenchon”, former presidential candidate of La Francia Insumisa (LFI).

Ciotti is expected to speak out in the next few hours on possible alliances, although one of the barons of his party, Xavier Bertrand, president of the Haute-France regional council, has already asked him for clarity and has even urged him to make it clear that ” “will never” agree with the National Group.