Bayrou arrived at Matignon after a controversial appointment but failed to build the compromises many had hoped for, particularly around the burning issue of public debt — a cause he had championed for more than three decades. His inability to secure a stable majority quickly sealed his fate in a climate of mounting social and institutional tension.
Opposition parties on both the right and left relentlessly attacked his policies as austere and disconnected from social realities. As recently as Sunday, LR leader Bruno Retailleau ruled out any alliance with a Socialist-backed prime minister, leaving Macron with a thorny political puzzle.
Under growing pressure, the president is now forced to decide swiftly. His inner circle suggests he could speak as early as Tuesday, with the goal of quickly appointing a new prime minister to restore stability to an already fragile government.
France thus enters a fresh phase of political uncertainty, one that could prove decisive for the remainder of Macron’s second term.
Translated from Abderrazzak Boussaid’s French article – le7tv