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00:00His critics and even a former prime minister say that they're dubious about his ability to run anything at all let alone the country
00:07Jordan Bardella says he's ready for the job on national television. The far-right candidate set his conditions
00:15Just a pilot policy. I'm not in politics for my personal glory if tomorrow it becomes possible to be named prime minister
00:22But I don't have an absolute majority because the French people did not give me one then I would refuse the premiership
00:28I want the power to act
00:31Meanwhile on the left the new Popular Front Alliance is yet to agree on how to decide and who to pick
00:37France unbounds Jean-Luc Mélenchon and François Ruffin
00:40They've both said they'd like the job, but the Socialist Party says that voting on the issue is the way to go
00:46I
00:48Cannot impose a socialist prime minister
00:50No one can impose a France unbound candidate either the only way forward is to vote and to agree on the person who best
00:57Corresponds to the situation
01:00For the Greens the prime ministership debate is both premature and should not be the current priority
01:07We're a group a team
01:09What counts is showing a united front talking about concrete things the lives of people the French aren't interested in the name of the
01:16Prime Minister, but how they'll eat how the kids will go to school
01:19Their medical treatments in hospitals. That's what we need to tackle to be up to the task and to stop maneuvering
01:26While the upcoming election will determine the political makeup of the French National Assembly and give it the potential to work for or against
01:33The next prime minister. It's actually the president who has the final say on who his next prime minister is