In an attempt to quell a political crisis that has left his power eroding daily, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday that he had named his centrist friend Francois Bayrou as Prime Minister Francois
A week after Michel Barnier, the prior office bearer, was forced to leave after losing a vote of no confidence, Macron’s office made the news. Before supporting Macron in 2017, Bayrou made three unsuccessful runs for the presidency. The 73-year-old is the mayor of Pau, a town in the southwest, and the founder of the moderate Democratic Movement political party (MoDem).
After barely three months, Barnier’s minority government fell when it tried to approve a He has until December 21 to approve his own budget.
According to the credit rating firm S&P Global Ratings, if that deadline is missed, the government may still pass a “fiscal continuity law,” which would prevent a shutdown by permitting the government to collect taxes and pay workers but capping expenditure at 2024 levels.
Macron’s decision to hold emergency legislative elections in July sparked France’s current political crisis. The results showed a fragmented parliament, with the president’s centrist legislators surrounded by strong left- and far-right blocs.
In a televised speech last week, Macron disregarded calls to resign, stating that parliament should “do what it was elected for” and act “in the service of the French people.”
2025 budget that included tax increases of €60 billion ($62.9 billion). Left- and right-wing factions came together to overthrow Barnier after he attempted to push the agenda through without a vote, giving legislators the opportunity to do so.
Although Bayrou will accept that task, it is uncertain if his term in office will be more successful than his predecessor’s.
The president of the far-right National Rally party, Jordan Bardella, stated on Friday that “there will not be an automatic censure motion” against Bayrou। “On the budget, our red lines are the same, Francois Bayrou has the upper hand,” he said.
