Last Friday, an article in “l’Humanité” revealed that the PCF was proposing Huguette Bello as Prime Minister. The following day, July 13, this proposal was supported by the Réunion Communist Party.
The PCF proposal was supported by Jean-Luc Mélenchon in particular, who indicated that PCF, LFI and Ecologists were in agreement. On July 13, the Socialist Party, the 4th component of the New Popular Front, gave its position: it refuses the PCF’s proposal.
On Sunday, Huguette Bello published a press release in which she announced that she did not wish to follow up on this proposal, because it did not bring together all the components of the New Popular Front.

Election of the president of the National Assembly scheduled for July 18

The New Popular Front came first in the legislative elections, but is struggling to determine a candidate for the post of Prime Minister. Discussions were even suspended yesterday within NFP for the nomination of a single candidate from the group for the election of the presidency of the National Assembly scheduled for July 18.
This item on the agenda for the post-election parliamentary re-entry will, whatever happens, lead to the election of a president. As no group holds an absolute majority, and alliances between Republican parties and RN are excluded, the election will undoubtedly be determined by relative majority.
It will allow us to have a more precise idea of the relationships between the different groups composing this institution. The election of the President of the National Assembly could therefore be an indication of the choice of the next Prime Minister by Emmanuel Macron, President of the Republic.

The same policy continues

While awaiting the appointment of a new Prime Minister, the constitution of the next government and the majority that this government will have to obtain during the vote of confidence in the National Assembly, the outgoing government is carrying out current affairs.
No new laws can come into force. The same policy continues to apply. The 2024 Budget voted by the outgoing deputies is still the state’s framework for action. If no new government is appointed before the date scheduled for the vote on the 2025 Budget, then it will be the 2024 Budget of the former majority which will be executed, by twelfths each month.