He will appoint a new Prime Minister after Bayrou’s defeat at the National Assembly.

On Monday, French President Emmanuel Macron announced that he will not call early elections, as opposition forces have demanded.

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Instead, in the coming days, he will appoint a new prime minister to replace François Bayrou, who faced a confidence vote in the National Assembly. Just hours earlier, Bayrou was soundly defeated in the confidence motion he had called himself.

A total of 364 lawmakers voted against him, while only 194 backed him. As a result, Macron will name his fourth head of government in less than two years, after appointing Gabriel Attal in January 2024, Michel Barnier in September and Bayrou in December. The new prime minister will be the fifth since Macron began his second term in May 2022.

Under constitutional prerogatives, the French president can appoint any prime minister he chooses, as long as the National Assembly gives its approval — something that is expected to be complicated by the chamber’s political fragmentation and the cross-party vetoes.

Potential successors to Bayrou range from center-right politicians such as Justice Minister Gerald Darmanin and Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu, to figures with a social democratic background such as Economy Minister Eric Lombard, as well as independents like Jean-Louis Borloo or Socialist leader Olivier Faure.

The text reads, “Today, the government fell in France. A general strike begins on September 10th, an indefinite walkout against Macron’s plan for social cuts and his increase in military spending. Meanwhile, in Spain, it’s been 13 years since the last general strike, and retirement age is 67.”

Socialists Are Ready to Govern

After accusing Bayrou of “false promises and blatant betrayals” and Macron of being ultimately responsible for France’s political and economic crisis, Boris Vallaud, head of the Socialist Party bloc in the National Assembly, said the left is ready to govern.

“Now it’s the left’s turn,” he stressed, recalling that the left won the 2024 legislative elections. “We are ready. Let him come for us,” Vallaud said, addressing Macron.

Cyrielle Chatelain, head of the Ecologist and Socialist group, also urged Macron to “accept cohabitation” and appoint a prime minister from the New Popular Front, which includes Socialists, ecologists, France Unbowed and Communists. She also warned Macron that as long as he maintains alliances with the right, he will remain trapped by the National Rally (RN), the far-right organization led by Marine Le Pen.

On Monday, Le Pen warned Macron that if he appoints another prime minister, the new official will fall before December.

“The real reconstruction would be the president’s resignation, but that depends on him, and I expect nothing from him. Dissolution is not an option, it is an obligation,” she said.

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Source: EFE

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