President Emmanuel Macron has firmly rejected calls to relinquish power following the historic no-confidence vote that toppled Prime Minister Michel Barnier’s government, accusing opposition parties of choosing “chaos” over stability.
The French president, whose term extends until 2027, declared he would serve his full five-year mandate despite mounting pressure from opposition groups seeking his early departure. His defiant stance comes as Paris grapples with unprecedented political deadlock after Barnier’s administration suffered the second successful no-confidence vote since 1958.
The parliamentary crisis has left France’s fiscal agenda in disarray, with a crucial €60bn deficit-reduction package remaining unapproved. The proposed measures aimed to reduce the national deficit from 6 per cent to 5 per cent have become a casualty of the political impasse.
Marine Le Pen’s far-right Rassemblement National and the leftist Nouveau Front Populaire alliance have positioned themselves as immovable obstacles, with both factions refusing to support potential prime ministerial candidates from opposing political spectrums. This standoff severely limits Macron’s options for forming a new government.
The president must now navigate a deeply fractured parliament, where no single group holds a clear majority. Constitutional constraints prevent him from calling fresh parliamentary elections until July at the earliest, forcing him to seek compromise in an increasingly hostile political environment.
Barnier, who served the shortest premiership in Fifth Republic history at just three months, will continue in a caretaker capacity until Macron appoints a successor. The president has promised to name a new prime minister “in the coming days” whilst ensuring the submission of a special finance law by mid-December to maintain essential public services.
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