Macron Lines up Next Sacrificial Lamb as French Political Shambles Continues
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RECIT - The Head of State seeks to satisfy the socialists, while calls for dissolution or resignation are increasing.
Five days before the government's announced fall, pressure is rising for early elections to be called. An option swept away – for the time being – by Emmanuel Macron, convinced that an early...


Macron lines up next sacrificial lamb as French political shambles continues
With François Bayrou almost certain to be toppled on Monday, John Lichfield looks at what happens next, whether there will be fresh elections and who is being lined up for the 'sacrificial lamb' role of France's next prime minister.
Emmanuel Macron gathered the leaders of his coalition yesterday in the Elysée and is already considering turning the Bayrou page, without waiting for the vote of confidence. Alba Ventura explains why the president is already anticipating after 8 September. (Politics).
While the Prime Minister, François Bayrou, continues his consultations with the political forces, the President of the Republic on Tuesday invited the leaders of the parties of the government coalition to expand the base of the central bloc by working with the PS.
Since the dissolution of June 2024, France has experienced an unprecedented political paralysis. For the politician Rémi Lefebvre, this blockage is not only institutional: it reveals a deeper crisis of the representative link, fuelled by distrust, social fragmentation and the wear and tear of the majority fact, explains the site "The Conversation". Rémi Lefebvre Professor of political science Lille University 2, University of Lille Since the dis…
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