Le Pen accuses Macron of orchestrating “an administrative coup” before the legislative elections

The leader of the French far right, Marine Le Penaccused the president of his country on Tuesday, Emmanuel Macronof preparing “a kind of administrative coup d’état” to prevent them from having free hands if they come to power, based on “rumors” that he is going to make dozens of last-minute appointments.

“I hope it is just a rumour,” Le Pen said in an interview with France Inter, in which she noted in any case that at the last Council of Ministers last Wednesday there was more appointments than usual.

According to those rumors that he told that have reached him, Macron intends to appoint the Director General of Police and to the one of the Gendarmerieas well as “dozens of prefects” (Government delegates) and other Administration officials.

“For people who give lessons on democracy to the whole world, I find it surprising,” he complained.

Also that after the “democratic impulse” that he had when calling the legislative elections early, after his defeat in the Europeans of June 9, is now “doing everything possible to hinder the democratic process” with its voting slogans.

The candidates of National Grouping (RN) of Le Pen, allied with a group of conservatives, were the big winners of the first round of the legislative elections in France last Sunday with 33% of the votes that put them in a position to have the majority group after the second round next Sunday, and even to obtain an absolute majority.

That absolute majority, which must be achieved at least 289 of the 577 deputiesis the condition that his candidate for prime minister, Jordan Bardella, has set for governing, as his mentor recalled: “There is no point in us going into government if we cannot act.”

However, Le Pen considered a scenario in which if they obtained 270 seats They would consult with other MPs, such as those from the conservative Republicans party, to see if they would be willing to support them on certain legislative projects, and in particular to approve the budget.

The leader of the extreme right reiterated that if they come to power, she will not be part of the cabinet -“I will not be a second prime minister”-, but will act as head of the parliamentary group.

He also indicated that Bardella has already formed the Government that he would formwhich she knows and which includes at the head of the Ministry of Economy and Finance someone who has experience with public finances and who has worked with companies.

The leader of the French far right repeated the idea that if they come to power they will respect the constitutional rules of cohabitation with the President of the Republic, and in this respect Bardella “will lead the policy for which we have been elected.”

This will mean, for example, that some initiatives Macron has talked about in the past, such as sending military instructors to Ukrainian territory, will not be implemented in foreign policy because “it is the prime minister who decides to send troops abroad.”

Le Pen insisted that her party defends aid to Ukraine against the Russian invasion but with two limits, the sending of troops to Ukrainian territory and the delivery of long-range weapons to avoid the risk of “escalation” and France entering the war