{"id":417651,"date":"2025-09-12T05:28:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T05:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/417651\/"},"modified":"2025-09-12T05:28:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T05:28:12","slug":"can-macron-get-france-back-on-track-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/417651\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Macron get France back on track? \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

In June 2024 French President Emmanuel Macron took a political gamble \u2013 and lost heavily. <\/p>\n

Hoping to strengthen his centrist alliance he dissolved the National Assembly triggering an election. The result has been chaos<\/a> \u2013 a legislature with no dominant political bloc in power and leading this week to France naming its fourth prime minister in 12 months and riots on the streets of Paris. <\/p>\n

At the centre of the political chaos is the threat of austerity budgets. France is deep in debt and a succession of Macron-appointment prime ministers have proposed budgets with tax hikes and deep cuts. <\/p>\n

On Monday, prime minister Fran\u00e7ois Bayrou was ousted by a decisive vote after he proposed a tough budget. By Wednesday, Macron had appointed a replacement, S\u00e9bastien Lecornu.<\/p>\n

The problem for the next government, Lecornu\u2019s, is that a budget still needs to be passed and securing the backing of a very divided parliament will be difficult. <\/p>\n

The world\u2019s stage does see not much of French prime ministers because the president, Macron, holds substantial powers over foreign policy and European affairs.<\/p>\n

So does this open the door to a snap election? And how damaging is this for Macron that his own country is in chaos while he bestrides the stage, positioning himself as a powerful European leader. <\/p>\n

Naomi O\u2019Leary, Irish Times European correspondent, explains a bleak week in French politics. <\/p>\n

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