French political veteran François Bayrou, a longtime ally of President Macron, has been named to head the new French government after the previous government collapsed in record time.
French President Emmanuel Macron has been unable to dispose of a tripartite parliament and is instead seeking to form a new government after the shortest-lived previous government in modern history. The job was too much for Michel Barnier, a seasoned negotiator who held the job for just three months before the government collapsed last month, but Macron is now a “strategist, champion of pluralism and compromise.” You will have to rely on a person known as a person.
Francois Bayrou, 73, who has been mayor of the city of Pau in the Pyrenees for 10 years and was an early supporter of Emmanuel Macron before he took office, has been announced as the next resident of Matignon, the French prime minister's official residence. A tireless centrist, he is seen as a seasoned executive with years of experience – he served as a government minister in the 1990s, ran for president three times, and was Macron's justice minister in 2017. He served for 35 days – perhaps for whom he is best remembered. In France in 2002, a number of people were arrested for slapping children around the face.
While running for president, Bayrou was on the campaign trail when young people hurled insults at him. Bailu suddenly turned around. slapped the youngest of theman 11-year-old boy accused the child of trying to pickpocket. “You weren't picking my pockets! Yes, you were picking my pockets,” Bayrou was caught on camera telling the young man.
This naturally caused some controversy at the time, but Bayrou dismissed it by saying he was only acting as a father to a wayward child. problem child Hits the headlines again in a few years In 2012, at the age of 21, he was sentenced to prison for assaulting police.
His tough stance against discontent and troublemakers aside, the thorny issues at the heart of French politics may still be too much for even the disciplined Mr. Bayrou to overcome.
Earlier this year, President Macron called for a snap election to shore up his personal mission and overcome divisions in France's National Assembly, but the ploy backfired and left the country with a chamber more divided than ever. As a result, there was no clear mission. France didn't have a new government for several weeks, but when one finally came under former Eurocrat Barnier, it collapsed within months.
This downfall has left no real majority for any government in the House of Commons, split between extremely hostile leftists (including the far left), Mr. Macron's centrists, and Mr. Le Pen's sovereigntists. This is because simply voting against the prime minister could bring about the collapse of any government. under. While the left remains committed to voting against all governments and any governments they are not headed, Le Pen's National Rally (RN) has so far supported Macron's allies. They quieted down their activities until it became clear that they intended to force through tax increases and increases. They opposed effective social security cuts. This is what ended the government last week.
Again, the RN said he will give this government a chance to see what it comes up with. Jordan Bardera, leader of the RN faction in parliament, said as much on Friday morning, saying he would wait and see while his party's “red lines” remain, such as border control and the protection of French workers from tax increases. He said he would take this approach.
But the left-wing party La France Insoumise (LFI) was furious, calling the new government an example to prop up Macron himself at the expense of France, regardless of who knew it. Yes, this is probably true. He vowed to shoot it down as soon as the votes were counted. Mathilde Pano, leader of the LFI's parliamentary faction, declared on Twitter/X: “I will run again to ask for the suspension of Emmanuel Macron's sentence.”
Panot said there were only two options and that his party had already chosen to reject Macron's new government as soon as possible.
Her occasional colleague François Ruffin, himself a politician and aligned with any left-wing party that seeks to uplift him, from the Communists to the Greens, makes much the same point, calling Macron a “French man.” “You're making fun of him.” The idea is that voters themselves “want change” while choosing a long-time political ally as prime minister.
Ruffin said developments in recent days have raised questions about Macron's resignation and the possibility of new presidential elections. Macron denied this and insisted he was going to see it through, but the vice president said this was something “the left must prepare for.”
Bayrou, France's fourth prime minister this year, is expected to form a government of ministers in the coming days. He served as justice minister under Macron in 2017, but only for 35 days. he was immediately kicked out Alleged scandal over embezzlement of European Union funds To cover the costs of domestic politics, coincidentally, prosecutors on criminal charges are in court today trying to convict Marine Le Pen.
The matter is serious and a conviction could result in her being barred from running for president, but Le Pen denies any wrongdoing and insists “nothing will stop me.'' . Bayrou is cleared These charges were made earlier this year.
This story is developing and has more to come.
