Emmanuel Macron now confronts what might very properly be an existential disaster of the Fifth Republic. Sébastien Lecornu, Prime Minister quantity 7, was unable to construct a working majority after rolling the cube with the standard suspects, that included former PMs, and so he promptly relinquished energy. Parliamentary arithmetic suggests a mission not possible à la française: forging a coalition with the left or pandering to the populist far proper. The French president fears both path will additional fracture a nation deep in disaster. Since re-election in 2022, Macron has wielded an unwavering willpower to lean in the direction of a centrist, typically centre-right, PM to unify France, mockingly acquiring the polar reverse impact and deepening division. May a average socialist bridge centre‑left and centre‑proper and supply a lifeline to France’s sturdy govt custom of the partially-democratic, and once-pragmatic, Fifth Republic? To correctly handle a political disaster in uncharted waters, Eve Irvine welcomes Dr Nicholas Startin, Political Scientist, Affiliate Professor of Worldwide Relations at John Cabot College.
'French parliamentary arithmetic factors to PM with coalition from left or populist (far) proper'
