lefigaro | Under pressure to cancel his trip, Macron held to his arrival at the Nato summit

FRANCE 24 is SUCH rubbish

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middleeastmonitor | Macron protests Israel's `unacceptable' interference in French elections, 10 July U R PUTIN PUPPET?

In the weeks leading to the EU parliament and the French parliamentary elections, Israel's Diaspora Minister Amichai Chikli of the Likud Party openly supported Macron's rival, far-right National Rally leader Marine Le Pen....On Monday, former Israeli minister Avigdor Lieberman called on Jews in France to flee to Israel after a left-wing coalition won in the elections.

"I appeal to all Jews in France: Come and live in Israel!" Lieberman said on X. He said Jean-Luc Melenchon, a prominent leader of the French left-wing New Popular Front alliance, "became famous with quite a few statements against Jews and the State of Israel."

bfmtv | LA LETTRE D'EMMANUEL MACRON AUX FRANÇAIS APRÈS LES RÉSULTATS DU SECOND TOUR DES LÉGISLATIVES, 10 Juil

"Chères Françaises, chers Français,

Les 30 juin et 7 juillet derniers, vous vous êtes rendus aux urnes en nombre pour choisir vos députés. Je salue cette mobilisation, signe de la vitalité de notre République dont nous pouvons, me semble-t-il, tirer quelques conclusions.
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Président de la République, je suis à la fois protecteur de l'intérêt supérieur de la Nation et garant des institutions et du respect de votre choix. C'est à ce titre que je demande à l'ensemble des forces politiques se reconnaissant dans les institutions républicaines, l'Etat de droit, le parlementarisme, une orientation européenne et la défense de l'indépendance française, d'engager un dialogue sincère et loyal pour bâtir une majorité solide, nécessairement plurielle, pour le pays.
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C'est à la lumière de ces principes que je déciderai de la nomination du Premier ministre. Cela suppose de laisser un peu de temps aux forces politiques pour bâtir ces compromis avec sérénité et respect de chacun. D'ici là, le Gouvernement actuel continuera d'exercer ses responsabilités puis sera en charge des affaires courantes comme le veut la tradition républicaine.

bfmtv | CE QU'IL FAUT RETENIR DE LA LETTRE AUX FRANÇAIS D'EMMANUEL MACRON PUBLIÉE DANS LA PRESSE RÉGIONALE (11.07.24)
Une lettre avec un double message. Le premier est assez simple. Si le NFP est arrivé en tête dimanche, fin du suspens, le chef de l'Etat n'a pas l'intention d'appeler une personnalité de ses rangs à Matignon. Pourquoi? Car selon lui, les résultats démontrent que personne ne l'a remporté.

Plaçons notre espérance dans la capacité de nos responsables politiques à faire preuve de sens de la concorde et de l'apaisement dans votre intérêt et dans celui du pays. Notre pays doit pouvoir faire vivre, comme le font tant de nos voisins européens, cet esprit de dépassement que j'ai toujours appelé de mes voeux.
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LeChatGPT | Macron's letter to the French rekindles political crisis, 11 July (EN)

...The letter to the French people Macron had just published in the regional press, was meant to place him above the political turmoil at home. According to his staff, Macron drafted the letter the day before from the Elysée Palace. He then finalized the details from the A330 plane that took him to the US. The letter, presented as a means to "appease" the situation, put an end to an unusual ten-day silence from the president.

Was it necessary for him to speak to ensure his tranquility at the NATO summit? Three days after the outcome of the snap elections, Macron presented himself as the judge of elegance, almost the master of the game....

LeChatGPT | La nouvelle lettre aux Français d'Emmanuel Macron, un geste « d'apaisement » qui ravive les tensions politiques en France, 11 Juil

ChatGPT euronews | Travel chaos could hit Paris airports just before the Olympics if strike goes ahead, 9 July
"Workers at Paris airports are threatening to go on strike ahead of the start of the Olympics. Unions which represent workers for the Aéroports de Paris (ADP)—including the airports of Roissy-Charles de Gaulle and Orly—are calling for strike action on Wednesday 17 July. The reason for the strike? A dispute over bonuses for staff. If the walkout by members of the CGT, CFDT, FO, and UNSA unions does go ahead, it might cause disruption just nine days before the first day of the Games."

Faced with a hung parliament, Mr Macron called in his open letter for a coalition of all MPs, with the exception of the populist National Rally and the radical left France Unbowed (LFI) party, who are a significant part of the NFP alliance but are seen as almost as extreme < wipes tears > as RN by many in the French president's centrist < wipes tears > group.
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Ms Binet hinted that protests could continue during the Olympics if Macron did not comply, saying "at this stage, we haven't planned any strikes during the Olympics, but if Macron continues to throw petrol on to the flames..." The Olympic Games start on 26 July.
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The railway workers' branch of the CGT responded by calling for protests on 18 July, the day when the newly elected parliament is scheduled to convene. It said the protests should take place in front of prefectures, the seats of state authority all around the country, and in front of the National Assembly in Paris, to demand that the NFP form a government.

The leader of the radical < wipes tears > left LFI, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, also slammed Mr Macron, saying: "It is the return of the royal veto over universal suffrage! That is enough. He must bow down and call on the NFP. That is simply democracy."

rfi | Seine fit for swimming most of past 12 days, Paris city hall says ahead of Olympics, 12 July