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FRANCE: Bayrou Holds Further Meetings On Forming Gov't; PS To Stay In Opposition

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Prime Minister Francois Bayrou will hold the final set of talks as part of the first round of consultations on forming a new gov't today (19 Dec). The PM remains under pressure to put together a coalition that will prove more stable than that of his predecessor Michel Barnier and able to form a budget. However, the outlook is already bleak. The far-left La France Insoumise (LFI) and far-right Rassemblement National (National Rally, RN) are not invited to the talks, although their participation in a gov't was already a non-starter. 

  • In a blow to Bayrou, the centre-left Socialist Party (PS) has reaffirmed that it will not take part in gov't saying in an open letter.
  • President of the Senate Gerard Larcher, from the conservative Les Republicains (LR), said that the party would decide on whether to enter gov't following meetings at the Matignon.
  • The difficulty of Bayrou's task is shown in the stated demands from the PS and LR, with the two parties seemingly at odds in all policy stances.
    • PS parliamentary leader Boris Vallaud says Bayrou "must move on pensions, public services, taxes and solidarity"Le Figaro: "On the question of immigration, Boris Vallaud expressed his "categorical" refusal of a new law, stressing that "we legislate more on immigration than on housing".
    • LR's Larcher on the other hand says "the right will defend its demands: "Budgetary balance", "security", "control of our migratory flows", "response to the distress of farmers" ."
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Prime Minister Francois Bayrou will hold the final set of talks as part of the first round of consultations on forming a new gov't today (19 Dec). The PM remains under pressure to put together a coalition that will prove more stable than that of his predecessor Michel Barnier and able to form a budget. However, the outlook is already bleak. The far-left La France Insoumise (LFI) and far-right Rassemblement National (National Rally, RN) are not invited to the talks, although their participation in a gov't was already a non-starter. 

  • In a blow to Bayrou, the centre-left Socialist Party (PS) has reaffirmed that it will not take part in gov't saying in an open letter.
  • President of the Senate Gerard Larcher, from the conservative Les Republicains (LR), said that the party would decide on whether to enter gov't following meetings at the Matignon.
  • The difficulty of Bayrou's task is shown in the stated demands from the PS and LR, with the two parties seemingly at odds in all policy stances.
    • PS parliamentary leader Boris Vallaud says Bayrou "must move on pensions, public services, taxes and solidarity"Le Figaro: "On the question of immigration, Boris Vallaud expressed his "categorical" refusal of a new law, stressing that "we legislate more on immigration than on housing".
    • LR's Larcher on the other hand says "the right will defend its demands: "Budgetary balance", "security", "control of our migratory flows", "response to the distress of farmers" ."