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France on the brink: Macron is about to resign after the fall of the government!
French President Macron is under pressure to appoint a new prime minister after Michel Barnier was ousted in a vote of no confidence.
France on the brink: Macron is about to resign after the fall of the government!
French President Emmanuel Macron is facing a difficult challenge: after the fall of the government under Prime Minister Michel Barnier in a vote of no confidence on Wednesday evening, he now has to quickly find a successor. Barnier, who was only appointed in September this year, is now considered the shortest-serving prime minister in French history. The opposition forces, led by Marine Le Pen's right-wing populist party and the left-wing camp, have successfully worked together to bring down the government, increasing pressure on Macron, who finds himself increasingly in a political quandary fr.de reported.
Macron under pressure
The pressure on Macron is growing as only a government capable of acting can pass the 2025 budget by the end of the year. In his last speech, Barnier emphasized that France's mountain of debt urgently needed to be reduced. Macron's plans to form a government are under a cloud as he may have to resort again to constitutional paragraph 49.3, which allows laws to be passed without a vote - a procedure that was Barnier's undoing. Despite the political unrest and accusations of criticizing his government's direction, Macron remains determined to remain in office until 2027, as oe24.at reported.
Marine Le Pen, the leading voice of the opposition, sees the current crisis as an opportunity to further pursue her goal of overthrowing Macron. Although she has not yet forcefully called for Macron to resign, she has increasingly hinted at this step and may hope that the judges will ban her from taking part in future elections before she can enter the Elysée. While the political fronts remain unclear, Macron is expected to propose Defense Minister Sébastien Lecornu or another close confidant as the new prime minister. But even this will not be able to solve the challenging majority in the National Assembly, which will provoke another political crisis.