Legislative elections 2024: Marine Le Pen believes “that all that Macron will have left is resignation” to emerge from a political crisis

La cheffe de file de l'extrême droite française Marine Le Pen. EPA – ANDRE PAIN

The leader of the French far right Marine Le Pen estimated this Friday, June 21, 2024 that all that would remain for President Emmanuel Macron would be to resign to potentially escape the crisis. a political crisis" triggered by its dissolution of the National Assembly and the holding of legislative elections which could bring the extreme right to power in July.

"I am not calling on Emmanuel Macron to resign. I am respectful of institutions. I just note that, when there is a political blockage, when there is a political crisis, there are three possibilities", she explained on the sidelines of ;a trip to Courrières, in the Pas-de-Calais constituency (north) where she intends to be re-elected as a deputy.

"There is the reshuffle, there is the dissolution or there is the resignation of the president. The reshuffle, for once, in this circumstance, would not seem extremely useful to me. The dissolution has just been carried out for a year. The president will therefore only have to resign to potentially emerge from a political crisis", said Ms. Le Pen.

"It's not an observation. It's not a request

"It's an observation. It's not a request, he will do exactly what he wants and what the Constitution gives him the freedom to do", added the unfortunate three-time candidate. for the presidency of France, while a latest poll published on Friday credits Marine Le Pen's National Rally with 250 to 300 deputies in the future National Assembly, between the relative majority and the absolute majority (289 seats).

Emmanuel Macron indicated last week that he ruled out resigning, whatever the outcome of the legislative elections of June 30 and July 7.

His shock decision to call early legislative elections after his failure in the European elections against the National Rally – which obtained twice as many votes in this election as his party, Renaissance – is criticized even in his camp.