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President Macron aims to avoid snap elections by appointing a new prime minister amid ongoing deadlock over France’s 2026 budget and austerity reforms, with a majority opposing dissolution.
- French President Emmanuel Macron will appoint a new prime minister within 48 hours, following the resignation of Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu, who served for only one day, marking the shortest administration in modern France.
- The political crisis in France, described as the worst in decades, complicates efforts to pass a budget and address pension reforms that raise the retirement age.
- Various political factions, including Socialists and far-right lines, have expressed demands for a new government, with some calling for Macron's resignation.
- Lecornu stated that while challenges remain, there is potential for a compromise in parliament to avoid a snap election and work towards a budget deal by year-end.
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While the appointment of a head of government is expected this Friday, the socialists see the prospect that it will be one of their own. They hope that the future budget leans sufficiently to the left to claim future victories.
The signs are increasing that the French President wants to avoid new elections. Swurstling is also the preferred strategy of many parliamentarians.
The patroness of the Ecologists, the first secretary of the PS and the national secretary of the Communists addressed the President of the Republic – who is to appoint his Prime Minister on Friday – in a joint statement to the Agence France-Presse. Jean-Louis Borloo, whose name circulates for Matignon, claims that he had no contact with the Elysée.
Marine Le Pen has vowed to block any new government moves after President Emmanuel Macron announced he would name a new prime minister within two days, amid the country's deepening political crisis.
PARIS. – “This is not the time to change president, an absolute majority in the Assembly rejects dissolution and France will have a new prime minister in 48 hours.” With those three statements, the outgoing Prime Minister, Sébastien Lecornu, informed the country this Wednesday of the results of the two days of negotiations entrusted to Emmanuel Macron to obtain a political consensus and get the country out of the serious institutional crisis tha…
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