The LFI party argues that democracy should be protected from “the president’s authoritarian leanings”
France’s left-wing La France Insoumise (LFI) party has circulated a motion and is gathering co-signatures to remove President Emmanuel Macron from office after he refused to appoint the coalition’s candidate as prime minister.
LFI is part of the New Popular Front alliance (NFP) along with the Socialists, Communists, and Greens, which emerged as the winner of the snap parliamentary elections called by Macron earlier this year. However, the coalition fell short of an outright majority, forcing Macron to enter negotiations to appoint a new prime minister and form a government. On Monday, the French leader rejected NFP’s candidate, Lucie Castets, for the post, arguing that a left-wing government would threaten “institutional stability.”
“The draft resolution to initiate the procedure for the impeachment of the President of the Republic,…