France, facing the umpteenth unexpected chapter in its recent political history. He has advised Emmanuel Macron to appoint a new head of government in 48 hours when considering that there are options to break the blockage.
The advance made by the recently resigned prime minister means that He won’t be that figure of consensus that would allow Macron not having to advance legislative elections or, in an extreme case, resign and call presidential elections.
In the absence of knowing the proposed names, it is anticipated key role of socialistswho have participated in the meetings with Lecornu in the last few hours in Matignon, trying to find a formula to reach some significant agreement.
Sébastien Lecornu has been broadcast in an interview on public television France 2 the impressions of his meeting this Wednesday with Macron. To the microphones, as he had done before with the president of the French Republic, he announced that “your mission is over“, after, which was to seek a possible great political pact for the stability of the country.
Nor was it necessary to wait for the decision of Lecornu and Macron to show that France is a powder keg even within the ranks of Macronism. One of his many former prime ministers, Édouard Philippe, was the loudest voice calling for the head of state to resign and move forward with the presidential elections initially scheduled for 2027.
His words are music to the ears of the far right and far leftwhich apart from not participating in emergency talks with Lecornuthey wanted to warn that they would censor “everything.” They want elections and especially to collect the ‘biggest piece’, Macron himself, who once again has an ‘extra ball’ of 48 hours.
