Macron too Name โคNew Prime Minister After Snap Election Results
PARIS – French President Emmanuel Macron will appoint a new prime minister โwithin the next 48 hours following a dramaticโ election โoutcome that has thrownโฃ France into political uncertainty. The move comes after Prime Minister Gabriel Attal resigned onโค Wednesday, triggered by MacronS decision to call for snap โparliamentary elections following a crushing defeat for his Renaissance party in the European Parliament elections.
The unexpected elections, โscheduled for July 7th and 14th, โขhave upended Macron’s second term and created a complex political landscape. Hisโ partyโ faces โฃa strong challenge from โthe far-right National Rally, now poised to potentially become the largest force in the National Assembly. This outcome jeopardizes Macron’s domestic agenda and raises questions about France’s economic direction, particularly itsโข deficit reduction plans. The government had initially aimed to reduce the deficit to 4.7 percentโ of grossโข domestic product this year, a figure later signaled by Macron as potentially softening to 5 percent, with โขinitialโค estimates from Minister of the Armed forces Sรฉbastien Lecornu at 5.4 percent.
Macron now faces a critical decision: either dissolve the National Assembly and risk a government unable to pass legislation, or appoint a prime minister capable of forging a working majority in โคparliament. if he chooses not to dissolve the Assembly,โฃ the new prime minister will inheritโ the daunting task โขof navigating a fractured legislature, mirroring the challenges that led to the downfall of Attal’s two predecessors.
One potential path forward involves appointing โa politician fromโ the center-left Socialist Party, requiringโข them to buildโ aโฃ coalition with other left-wing lawmakers and centrists. โคHowever, suchโข a move could come at a significant cost for Macron, potentially jeopardizing key policies like the recent law raising the minimum retirement age.โ The coming days will be pivotal in โdetermining the future of โฃMacron’s presidency and the direction โขof France.
