
Bis or Ter Repetita: France in Desperate Need of a Prime Minister
By refusing to dissolve the Assembly, Macron apparently doesn’t want to put an end to the French political crisis he himself created.

By refusing to dissolve the Assembly, Macron apparently doesn’t want to put an end to the French political crisis he himself created.

Monday’s crushing confidence vote loss was a blow to Bayrou—plunging France and Macron into new uncertainty.

This is the first time in the history of the fifth republic that a prime minister has been denied confidence.

Opposition vows to oust prime minister as debt pressures mount and Macron faces search for new leader.

French PM Bayrou has presented his proposal after talks with National Rally leaders.

Reluctant to hold new elections, Macron could hand power back to the Left.

A meeting between the right-wing leaders and the prime minister produced “no miracle.”

Meloni blasts the claim as fantasy, saying Rome plays fair on taxes.

The French prime minister has ten days to save his job.

France braces for a turbulent September as the prime minister faces a likely defeat in his confidence vote.