look again on the 5 months which allowed the Prime Minister to impose himself | EUROtoday

Since when was Sébastien Lecornu making ready, lurking within the shadows, to tackle the mantle of prime minister? At the start of December 2024, Emmanuel Macron made it clear to his Minister of the Armed Forces that he was able to appoint him to Matignon. But he should wait till François Bayrou goes hara-kiri, on September 8, 2025, for the Minister of the Armed Forces to see his time come.

Appointed prime minister the following day, Sébastien Lecornu has already discovered the teachings of the previous yr: solely an alliance of the frequent base with the socialists and the ecologists, which neither Michel Barnier nor the boss of the MoDem had been capable of construct, will guarantee the steadiness of the following authorities. The daring wager is predicated on a conviction: the socialists, after censoring two prime ministers, will this time agree to barter.

The oppositions and a part of the presidential camp worry the worst, as they understand, by this alternative, Emmanuel Macron’s stubbornness in wanting to control by proxy. The Block Everything motion threatens to carry France to a standstill. The unions, with sturdy winds in opposition to François Bayrou’s budgetary plan, plan to march within the streets till the chief abdication. The nation’s funds are within the crimson and the American company Fitch lowers France’s score. “We are walking on a layer of ice that is not very thick”summarizes Sébastien Lecornu.

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