Zut alors!! They've done it again !

[Killjoy]

More kerfuffle in Truffletown as another French PM calls it quits !

French Prime Minister Resigns in Shock Move

France’s embattled prime minister, Sébastien Lecornu, resigned on Monday less than 24 hours after forming a cabinet, catching the nation by surprise and making his government the shortest-lived in modern French history.

President Emmanuel Macron’s office said in a one-sentence statement that he had accepted the resignation of Mr. Lecornu and of his ministers, which came amid turmoil over the composition of his cabinet, an uneasy coalition of centrists and conservatives.

The resignation immediately ratcheted up pressure from opposition parties on the left and far right for Mr. Macron to call snap parliamentary elections or even to resign — options that the president has so far ruled out.

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In a televised address on Monday, Mr. Lecornu said he had “tried to build the conditions under which we might adopt a budget for France” and “respond to a handful of emergencies that cannot wait for 2027,” when France’s next presidential elections are scheduled. But, “the conditions were no longer met for me to perform the duties of prime minister,” he added.

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Marine Le Pen, leader of the far-right National Rally party, said that only new parliamentary elections could break the political impasse.

“The farce has lasted long enough,” she told reporters on Monday after Mr. Lecornu’s resignation.

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In a last-ditch move, Mr. Lecornu announced last week that he would not use a constitutional prerogative to push through a spending bill without a full vote in Parliament, a tool that his predecessors had often used to force lawmakers to pass a budget. That announcement, promising that lawmakers would have their say, was a risky gamble aimed at staving off the threat of being toppled before budget discussions had even begun.

But in his speech on Monday, Mr. Lecornu accused France’s parties of failing to seize that opportunity. He blamed “partisan appetites,” suggesting that many politicians were more interested in preparing for the 2027 elections, and he argued that the absence of cross-party negotiations in French politics had set him up for failure.

“Political parties are continuing to act as though they all have an absolute majority in the National Assembly,” Mr. Lecornu said, referring to France’s lower house. “I was ready to compromise, but each political party wants the other to adopt its whole platform.”

 

[Sarkus]

He lasted almost half a lettuce!
Makes Truss' tenure as our PM seem positively Methuselan.

 

[Yazata]

The French are renowned for many things, but political stability isn't one of them. They are on what? their fifth republic?, with as many constitutions.

This time Macron made the inexplicable mistake of calling parliamentary elections after the National Rally won the European parliamentary elections, and ended up with the French parliament split into three warring factions, none of which can pass legislation and none of which is willing to cooperate with the others. Meanwhile France lurches towards a Greek-style debt crisis.

Unless he resigns, Macron will remain in office until 2027, continually rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.

France probably needs new parliamentary elections to hopefully resolve the legislative logjam. A new president might be a good idea as well.

 

[Killjoy]

The French are renowned for many things, but political stability isn't one of them. They are on what? their fifth republic?, with as many constitutions.

This time Macron made the inexplicable mistake of calling parliamentary elections after the National Rally won the European parliamentary elections, and ended up with the French parliament split into three warring factions, none of which can pass legislation and none of which is willing to cooperate with the others. Meanwhile France lurches towards a Greek-style debt crisis.

Unless he resigns, Macron will remain in office until 2027, continually rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.

France probably needs new parliamentary elections to hopefully resolve the legislative logjam. A new president might be a good idea as well.

And they're still barricading the streets and running amok, almost like the good old days - minus the guillotines...

It seem that, no matter who ends up in charge, the problem remains the same - they have two options: Spend less, or take in more revenue.