It's in Mélenchon's Court Now

French President Emanuel Macron has finally accepted Prime Minster Gabriel Attal's resignation.

So, it's up to the left wing coalition, which has the most seats in parliament to form a government.

All they have to do is get their sh%$ together, which for any left-wing party is no small feat.

In addition to that, they need votes either from Macron's party or the right wing to get the majority necessary to appoint a prime minister:

President Emmanuel Macron accepted the resignation of the French government on Tuesday, July 16, and asked Prime Minister Gabriel Attal to head up a caretaker government for now. It will "handle day-to-day business until a new government is named", the Elysée Palace said, after Macron's centrist alliance was beaten in snap parliamentary polls earlier this month. It will stay in place for a number of weeks, until at least the Olympic Games are over.

Following their resignation, Attal and other cabinet members will be able to take their seats in Parliament and participate in any coalition building. The Assemblée Nationale reconvenes on Thursday and will start by filling the chamber's presidency and other key positions.

French politics have been in gridlock since this month's inconclusive snap election with parties in the Assemblée Nationale scrambling to put together a governing coalition, and no successor to Attal in sight.

A broad alliance called the Nouveau Front Populaire (NFP) which includes Socialists, Communists, Greens and the hard-left La France Insoumise (LFI) won the most seats, with 193 in the 577-strong lower chamber. Macron's allies came second with 164 seats and the far-right Rassemblement National (RN) third with 143.

Macron told Tuesday's cabinet meeting that it was the "responsibility" of his allies to come up with a proposal "for a majority coalition or a wide-ranging legislative pact." This, he said, would help preserve his government's "economic achievements" and favor "social justice."

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The divided NFP alliance has been scrambling to come up with a consensus candidate for prime minister. But internal conflicts – notably between LFI and the more moderate Socialists – have thwarted all efforts to find a personality able to survive a confidence vote in parliament.

The Socialists are basically the equivalent of the Social Democrats in Europe, and I'm pretty sure that they are not interested in negotiating in good faith.

If the NFP gets much of what it promised, the phony left like the Socialists relegated to the dust bin of history, so they do not have a much an incentive to play nice.

I am not optimistic about the NFP's prospects, which would advantage to Marine Le Pen and her merry band of Fascists in the long run.