“Faced with major geopolitical, climatic and technological upheavals we must try to act together”, writes Macron in his letter of invitation to the political leaders. The radical left (Mélenchon’s La France insoumise) and the far right (Le Pen’s Rassemblement National) have finally been invited, although Macron had initially suggested they would be excluded from these discussions.Īt this meeting, the political leaders will discuss “the international situation and its consequences for France”, “the effectiveness of public action”, and possible institutional reforms. Thus, a working afternoon and a dinner between the president and the parties’ leaders represented in the National Assembly will be held on Wednesday (30 August).Īfter a turbulent first year in office, the government has not succeeded in forging stable alliances but rather compromises on a case-by-case basis, managing to get around fifty pieces of legislation through parliament. The president has promised to take “a major political initiative” for the end of the summer to “make a nation” and launch “a cycle of discussions” with the opposition, as he said in Le Figaro Magazine at the beginning of August.

The leaders of the political parties represented in the French parliament will gather on Wednesday around President Emmanuel Macron, who wants to identify points of political convergence in the context of a relative majority in the French National Assembly.

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