48-hour mission to seek a possible compromise<\/a> among political forces, the Socialists continued to demand that a left-wing figure be appointed as prime minister. “I am asking for respect for the French people and their vote,” said Socialist leader Olivier Faure to broadcaster TF1. “I, like the others, have always said that we should take responsibility and give a positive answer,” to the president, if necessary, he added.<\/p>\nBut how could the left, which does not have a sufficiently solid majority to implement its agenda, succeed when three prime ministers have just failed? Faure pledged that the left would “make compromises.” He was careful not to promise a repeal of the contested 2023 pension reform, for example, but instead promised to reopen the discussion. “The outcome will be decided by the Assembl\u00e9e Nationale,” he said cautiously.<\/p>\n
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Pierre Jouvet, a spokesperson of the Socialists, in front of the party’s Paris headquarters, where its leaders gathered to respond to the resignation of Prime Minister S\u00e9bastien Lecornu on October 6, 2025. \u00a0JULIEN DANIEL\/MYOP FOR LE MONDE <\/p>\n