
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.

A minority government would be unstable, vulnerable to being toppled, and blamed for the economic reforms needed to fix the PSD’s failures—exactly what the socialists want.

The national Right’s censure of Barnier’s budget is not an irresponsible whim. It is the logical sanction of a bankrupt policy obstinately pursued by corrupt ruling elites for 50 years.