Lost question of trust: France is looking for a new prime minister for government fall

After the government’s fall, France is looking for a new prime minister. President Emmanuel Macron wants to receive the failed Premier François Bayrou today in order to accept the resignation of his minority government, as it was said from the Élysée Palace. The head of state would then want to determine a successor in the next few days. Because the political crisis also puts Macron under pressure and the country is facing a wave of strikes and protest, the head of state wants to put pace in the decision.

Bayrou had asked the question of trust in the National Assembly on Monday in the dispute over his savings budget and tried to combine the coordination with a commitment to save in the highly indebted country. The gathered opposition brought the center politician in office after around nine months. Even from the ranks of the conservative républicains, which are part of Bayrous Mitte-Rechts-Kabinett, individual MPs voted against the premier.

Split parliament complicates successor search

For Macron head of state, it is now important to find a new prime minister who can lead the politically divided country. However, the starting point is tricky. In the National Assembly, Macron’s liberals, the left warehouse and the right -wing national around Marine Le Pen face three big blocks. None of them have their own majority. Governing in cross -warehouse coalitions is not used to France.

There was initially no favorite for the office of head of government. Media named Macron, Defense Minister Sébastien Lecornu as a candidate, who was acted as a favorite after the previous government’s fall. The names of Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin, Minister of Labor and Health Catherine Vautrin or Finance and Economic Minister éric Lombard also fell.

However, it is also considered possible that President Macron chooses a politician this time who either comes from the socialists’ warehouse or at least is accepted by them. Because with the support of the socialists, Macron’s camp of a majority in the lower house could get a lot closer and thus advance the household and further legislative projects – at least as long as the balancing act succeeds in doing a common cause with both the left socialists and the conservative Républicains. Now it was the turn of the left, it was said after the vote from the warehouse.

Macron is under pressure and presses on the gas

The fact that Macron himself announced shortly after the lost question of confidence that he quickly appointed a new head of government should probably reduce the pressure on him. Because in the course of the ultimately unsuccessful poker from Bayrou, the head of state was also on the line of the board – including demands to take it. After the vote, these were particularly loud again on the part of the La France Insumise Left Party.

In addition, the president made it clear with the announcement: Instead of a new parliamentary election, such as you demand le pens, he wants to try it with a new head of government.

Macron appoints the Premiers as head of state. The fact that Bayou now has to vacate the second premier within a year is a juicy slap in the face for him, he had intensively contributed to the explorations in search of a stable government.

Protest, strike and the budgetary situation remind you to hurry

There is also considerable pressure from the street. Shortly after Bayrous’s presentation of his savings budget, a call spread in France to block the whole country this Wednesday. Although it is still unclear who is behind the call “Bloquons Tout” (we block everything), the security forces are on alert. It is expected with up to 100,000 protesting and spectacular blockade and sabotage campaigns. The French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau spoke on Monday evening in an interview with the broadcaster France 2 of 80,000 police forces that would be mobilized for the day.

For September 18, the unions then called on nationwide strikes and rallies against the government’s austerity course. In the meantime, these protests take the extent of a general strike. At the latest on this date, Macron should again want a new prime minister and a new government team at the start so as not to put it into the main focus of the protests.

Time also urges from an economic point of view. The highly indebted country urgently needs to take a austerity course and consolidate its finances. With a budget deficit of 5.8 percent, the country is also far from the European limit of 3 percent. The EU has a critical look at whether Paris is now getting serious about saving. If the hanging game lasts too long, the trust in the markets also threatens to decrease, which would put a strain on French finances.