For the first secretary of the Socialist Party, Olivier Faure, Barnier’s presentation in the lower house did not bring any change with respect to the proposals of his predecessor in the post at the head of Matignon, Gabriel Attal.

We expected very little from this speech, and from that point of view there is no disappointment, said the leader and deputy, who described the exercise as “absolute continuation.”

For his part, the leader of La France Insoumise, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, considered on social networks that the prime minister lacks democratic legitimacy, and estimated that he is at the mercy of Marine Le Pen, the leading figure of the far-right party National Rally (RN).

The left-wing bloc of forces, the New Popular Front, which brings together dissidents, socialists, ecologists and communists, rejects the new government formed by Barnier, who is walking a tightrope, because if RN supports a motion of censure in the Assembly, his cabinet would almost certainly fall.

Reacting to the speech of the head of government, the ecologist deputy Cyrielle Chatelain said in the hemicycle that Barnier is not the result of the popular vote, but rather “an opportunistic result, of a tacit alliance between Emmanuel Macron and Le Pen”.

In the legislative elections of July, the left was the list that won the most deputies (193), although far from the absolute majority in the National Assembly (289), so it demands the right to govern, a claim ignored by President Macron with his decision to bring to power a cabinet that combines pro-government and conservatives.

The prime minister chose not to seek the confidence of the lower house after outlining his priorities, considering the complex balance of power in the chamber and the real risk of not receiving it.

In addition to increasing immigration control, the president promised to reduce a public deficit that could exceed six percent of the Gross Domestic Product this year.

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