Emmanuel Macron will be speaking on Tuesday 11 June to set out the broad lines and themes of the presidential campaign for the parliamentary elections, according to a government source quoted by H24 MEDIA. A government official confirmed to H24 MEDIA that this speech would take the form of a press conference. On Sunday, the head of state announced the dissolution of the National Assembly and the holding of early legislative elections following the results of the 2024 European elections

Since the RN’s clear victory in the European elections on Sunday, Emmanuel Macron has only spoken publicly on Monday in Haute-Vienne, during a tribute to the victims of the Oradour-sur-Glane massacre.

Intense negotiations

Meanwhile, intense negotiations are taking place on both the left and the far right to prepare for the early parliamentary elections scheduled for 30 June and 7 July.

The president of the Rassemblement National, Jordan Bardella, who is preparing to ‘go to Matignon’ according to the party’s vice-president Sébastien Chenu, posed as a unifier on Monday by welcoming Marion Maréchal to the RN headquarters in front of numerous cameras.

Marion Maréchal, recently elected in Brussels with the Reconquête list (5.74%), expressed her ‘fervent wish’ to reach an agreement with the RN for the legislative elections, at the end of an hour-long meeting in the presence of her aunt Marine Le Pen.

Acknowledging that it was ‘difficult to win alone’, Jordan Bardella reached out to the Republicans, saying he had had ‘discussions’ with some of their executives, adding to the confusion within an LR party still looking for a clear direction after a disappointing score on Sunday (7.25%). The main members of Eric Ciotti’s party were in talks on Monday afternoon in the Senate to work out a strategy.

Complex discussions on the left

On the left, the talks that began on Monday are likely to be difficult between parties that experienced tensions during the European elections, particularly between the Socialists and the Insoumis.

A meeting took place on Monday afternoon at the Écologistes headquarters, bringing together the Insoumis headquarters, as well as Communist leader Fabien Roussel, who was later joined by PS First Secretary Olivier Faure.

Raphaël Glucksmann, former leader of the PS-Place publique list and third in the European elections, refuses to ‘remake the Nupes’ and sets out his conditions for a union of the left.