During dinner, politicians from various factions were to consider establishing a cross-party cooperation. By Liberation, Minister of Defence Sebastien Lecornu had already met in March with Marine Le Pen, leader of the National Unity. In December, Le Pen besides spoke with erstwhile Prime Minister Edouard Philippe. The details of these meetings are unknown, but the French paper suggests that they may have afraid future elections, which can be confirmed by the fact that 1 of these meetings took place just after Macron dissolved Parliament after failing in the elections to the European Parliament.
Change your attitude
Let us remind you that after the first circular of elections in which the National Unity was victorious, there were serious concerns about the anticipation of taking power from the far right. However, in the second circular of the vote, the fresh People's Front was victorious, which obtained 182 seats. Emmanuel Macron's center camp won 168 seats, while the National Unity gained 143 seats.
To date, the president has stressed that the governments of the far right would be a major threat to France. After announcing the election results, he said that citizens had clearly mobilized to prevent the Le Pen group from winning and gaining the majority. Clearly, his views may have changed.
Edouard Philippe confirmed that he was attending a dinner with Marine Le Pen, nevertheless another participants of the meetings either did not answer the journal's questions or denied reports. Many politicians on both sides feel that there is nothing incorrect with these meetings.
Not everyone supports it.
Francois Bayrou, president of the Democratic Movement belonging to Emmanuel Macron's camp, openly criticized specified interpartisan encounters. The politician stated that there is an impenetrable border between them and the far right and the fact that there are more and more people in France who want to fraternize with the National Unity is shocking.
