It is bedlam in France. Nine days after the parliamentary elections that plunged the country into chaos, the political class continue to argue among themselves.
The left-wing coalition, which won the most seats in the election, can’t agree on who should be prime minister. Meanwhile, Emmanuel Macron’s centrist party, Renaissance, have announced that they won’t work with any MP from Marine Le Pen’s National Rally or Jean-Luc Melenchon’s La France Insoumise.
A soldier on patrol at the Gare de l’Est in Paris was wounded by a knifeman, just days before the start of the Paris Olympics
The leader of Renaissance in the National Assembly is Macron’s Prime Minister, Gabriel Attal, the man who told the French on the evening of the election result: ‘I respect each and every one of you.’ Really? Snubbing two of the biggest political parties in France is not only disrespectful to their 200 elected members of parliament, it is also petty, divisive and dangerous
The National Rally is, in general, the party of the provinces, and La France Insoumise has a strong following among the urban working-class, particularly those of an immigrant background.
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