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Macron's Coalition Sees President as Liability Ahead of Feared Snap Election
Macron's Coalition Sees President as Liability Ahead of Feared Snap Election
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French President Emmanuel Macron's coalition fears that he could drag it down in the polls ahead of the snap legislative election that is itself seen as a disaster in the making, Politico reported on Wednesday, citing lawmakers and party staffers.
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Macron’s five-party Besoin d'Europe coalition was dealt a staggering blow in the European Parliament elections last week where it won 14.6% of the vote, against the far-right National Rally’s 31.37%. Macron called a snap parliamentary vote in the hope of wresting the initiative back from the right, but his party and coalition members now fear they will be the ones to pay for this mistake. Heavyweights in Macron's coalition have been reportedly urging the president to take a step away from the campaign trail to give them a fighting chance of winning. Francois Bayrou, Macron’s key ally and leader of the Renaissance-allied Modem party, came to the presidential palace on Monday to tell Macron that he "mustn’t get too involved in the campaign," the news site quoted a centrist lawmaker as saying. Other coalition lawmakers have been reportedly distancing themselves from Macron as they gear up for the first round of the legislative polls, due June 30. An official with Macron’s Renaissance parliamentary group accused the 46-year-old of being oblivious to France’s "anti-president" mood. The news outlet said that polls show that Macron is being perceived as aloof and out of touch. An Elysee staffer was quoted as saying that Macron was so "intoxicated by his own presence" during D-Day celebrations last week that the results of the European elections "hit him hard." Despite calls from his friends and allies, Macron plans to get heavily involved in the campaign, which his coalition partners reportedly see as a huge risk. He is said to be planning to saturate the media with three appearances per week, starting with a major speech on Wednesday.
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Macron's Coalition Sees President as Liability Ahead of Feared Snap Election
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - French President Emmanuel Macron's coalition fears that he could drag it down in the polls ahead of the snap legislative election that is itself seen as a disaster in the making, Politico reported on Wednesday, citing lawmakers and party staffers.
Macron’s five-party Besoin d'Europe coalition
was dealt a staggering blow in the European Parliament elections last week where it won 14.6% of the vote, against the far-right National Rally’s 31.37%. Macron called a snap parliamentary vote in the hope of wresting the initiative back from the right, but his party and coalition members now fear they will be the ones to pay for this mistake.
"We are being thrown under the bus for a mistake that belongs to him," an adviser in Macron’s own Renaissance party told the Politico online newspaper on condition of anonymity.
"The more he talks, the more we lose points," another adviser to a member of the French parliament from Macron’s party said.
Heavyweights in Macron's coalition have been reportedly urging the president to take a step away from the campaign trail to give them a fighting chance of winning.
Francois Bayrou, Macron’s key ally and leader of the Renaissance-allied Modem party, came to the presidential palace on Monday to tell Macron that he "mustn’t get too involved in the campaign," the news site quoted a centrist lawmaker as saying.
Other coalition lawmakers have been reportedly
distancing themselves from Macron as they gear up for the first round of the legislative polls, due June 30.
"You won’t see Macron’s face on my campaign posters, I can tell you that," a member of parliament from the president’s coalition told Politico.
An official with Macron’s Renaissance parliamentary group accused the 46-year-old of being oblivious to France’s "anti-president" mood.
The news outlet said that polls show that Macron is being perceived as aloof and out of touch. An Elysee staffer was quoted as saying that Macron was so "intoxicated by his own presence" during D-Day celebrations last week that the results of the European elections "hit him hard."
Despite calls from his friends and allies, Macron
plans to get heavily involved in the campaign, which his coalition partners reportedly see as a huge risk. He is said to be planning to saturate the media with three appearances per week, starting with a major speech on Wednesday.
