Key events
The political crisis – which threw Macron’s office into it – invited some of his opponents to resign. Interactive chapters completed random RTL hours after Barnier’s government was undermined by a vote of no confidence, 64% of respondents suggested they wanted the president to step down.
Macron, whose presidential mandate runs until 2027, has so far shown no signs of yielding to the pressure.
“I was elected until 2017, and I will fulfill that mandate,” he told reporters earlier this week.
In a speech tonight, Macron is expected to address France’s economic challenges and chart a path for the future government.
The question of who is in charge of homework is homework. Any successor to Barnier will be able to navigate the country’s polarized parliamentary race, which will remain unchanged so that no new legislative elections can be held until at least July.
Here’s a look at the president’s options:
While we wait for Macron to speak, it is worthwhile to trace the roots of this crisis back to June, when Macron made his decision. to dissolve the council and they will hold elections in the morning after the centrist forces suffered a humiliating defeat in the European parliamentary elections.
The results of the French election gave a divided parliament of three almost equal parties – the left, the center and the far right – none of which had a majority.
After emerging as the largest parliamentary force, the left-wing NFP said it should name a new head of government. Macron rejected this, opting for Barnier and forming a tenuous coalition of centrist and centre-right MPs.
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On the one day that France plunged into political uncertainty, everyone’s eyes are on it Emmanuel Macron. The French president is expected to address the nation at 8pm local time (CET), as he fends off growing pressure to quickly appoint a new prime minister following the historic collapse of the French government.
Earlier today, Macron met with Prime Minister Michel Barnier, who handed in his resignation letter, which came one day after his minority coalition government. first to draw with no confidence in the vow more than 60 years.
Political turmoil in France has pushed back investors and risks weakening the European Union, which is already reeling from the implosion of Germany’s coalition government and is scrambling to present a united front ahead of Donald Trump’s return to the White House.
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