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Jean-Luc Mélenchon, leader of the left-wing New Popular Front coalition, reiterated his commitment to recognizing a Palestinian state following his ruling coalition’s victory in the recent French election.
The French snap elections called by President Emmanuel Macron have finally concluded with the New Popular Front winning the most seats in parliament.
In the second round of elections, the New Popular Front, an alliance of four left-wing parties, became the dominant force with 178 seats. The largest party in the alliance, Indomitable France, is led by Mélenchon.
In celebrating his victory, Mélenchon expressed his readiness to form a government, declaring: “We will have a prime minister from the new Popular Front.”
He stressed that it is possible to make major decisions “by decree” on national and international affairs, and that recognizing the State of Palestine is a priority action “as soon as possible.”
In the second round of elections, the left and Macron’s supporters informally teamed up to fight the far-right camp. Still, no coalition was able to obtain the absolute majority needed to form a government on its own.
Macron’s coalition won 150 seats, and the far-right National Rally won 125. Since they did not reach an absolute majority (289 MPs), cooperation among political factions was needed to form a new government.
The formation of that government will depend on whether the New Popular Front can forge a coalition with centrist parties while avoiding internal divisions.
Recognition of the Palestinian state is a core commitment of the new Popular Front movement, reflecting its stance on international issues and its determination to change French foreign policy.
The election results mark a major change in France’s political landscape, and the left-wing alliance will have a significant impact on France’s future direction.
‘Leaving France’
In response to the left’s success, former Israeli minister Avigdor Lieberman urged French Jews to immigrate to Israel.
Lieberman, leader of the opposition Israel Our Home party, called the French left-wing coalition “far left”.
“I call on French Jews to leave France and immigrate to the State of Israel. It is still too early,” former Defense Minister Lieberman said on X TV.
🇮🇱🚨 Avigdor Lieberman
After the election results were announced, he called on French Jews to simply leave there and immigrate to the country of Scotland.
We have never seen an entire political party whose slogan is anti-Semitism and hatred of Israel pic.twitter.com/rJMJ5T2mX4
— ResistanceTrench (@Trenchmates) July 8, 2024
He criticized Jean-Luc Mélenchon, saying he was “famous for several statements he made against the Jewish people and the State of Israel.”
The Israeli government has not yet commented on the French election results. According to Israeli data, there are about 440,000 Jews in France.
(PC, Anadolu Agency)
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