Tomorrow will be the internal votes of the lower house, and according to media such as the daily Les Echos, Attal could be the only contender in the race, after the resignation to occupy the post of former Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne and the possibility that the head of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, will also desist.

According to the press, Macron will organize at noon a meeting at the Elysée with the above-mentioned figures and other Renaissance cadres, such as the outgoing president of the Assembly, Yaël Braun-Pivet, a meeting aimed at outlining strategies in the context of the prevailing political crisis.

In a document to present his candidacy as head of the party, Attal reiterated his willingness to assume the functions of Prime Minister “until duty demands it”.

The 35-year-old politician resigned on Monday after the defeat of the ruling party in the legislative elections, but Macron asked him to continue for a while longer -without specifying how long- for the sake of the country’s stability.

Little by little the parliamentary groups and their leaderships have begun to be formed in the new legislature, which will have its first public session on July 18, during which the Presidency of the National Assembly will be elected.

France is living a very tense scenario, with the claim of the left-wing bloc New Popular Front for the right to govern with a Prime Minister coming from its ranks, after becoming at the polls the force with the most deputies, around 180, while the ruling party has 166 and National Rally (RN) 143, all far from the absolute majority (at least 289).

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