{"id":1464,"date":"2025-10-09T21:08:04","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T21:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=1464"},"modified":"2025-10-09T21:08:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T21:08:06","slug":"french-crisis-ex-pm-urges-macron-to-resign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=1464","title":{"rendered":"French crisis: Ex-PM urges Macron to resign"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Emmanuel Macron\u2019s first prime minister on Tuesday urged the cornered French head of state to resign in a shock call that compounded an escalating political crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The intervention by Edouard Philippe, Macron\u2019s longest-serving prime minister from 2017 to 2020 and who now heads an allied political party, came as frustration grew even within the president\u2019s own camp over the biggest domestic political crisis of his eight years in office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Asake - Organise (Official Video)\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_u4_iWCvZ5c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu, appointed less than a month ago, stepped down on Monday morning after failing to rally support across the centre-right coalition for his new government, which is also only supported by a minority in parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Macron ordered him to make a last-ditch effort to rally support for a coalition government, but there was no sign of progress with the far-right refusing to even attend a meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>France\u2019s next presidential elections are scheduled to take place in 2027 and are seen as a historic crossroads in French politics, with the French far right under Marine Le Pen sensing its best chance yet of taking power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Macron is constitutionally barred from seeking a third mandate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Philippe, who has already declared he will stand, said the polls should be held early once a budget is passed, in comments Le Parisien daily described as \u201cpolitical bomb\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Denouncing a \u201cdistressing political game\u201d, he said it was up to Macron to help France \u201cemerge in an orderly and dignified manner from a political crisis that is harming the country\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHe must take the decision that is worthy of his function, which is to guarantee the continuity of the institutions by leaving in an orderly manner,\u201d Philippe told the RTL broadcaster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>France has been locked in a political crisis since Macron\u2019s gamble to hold legislative elections in the summer of 2024 backfired and resulted in a hung parliament and a strengthened far right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a scathing editorial, the Le Monde daily said the crisis was \u201cyet another demonstration of the unravelling\u201d of Macron\u2019s second mandate following his win in the 2022 presidential elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe president finds himself in a major crisis,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The domestic isolation of the president, who was filmed Monday walking alone by the banks of the Seine deep in a telephone conversation, contrasts with his clout on the international stage where he is seeking to end Russia\u2019s war on Ukraine alongside President Donald Trump. <a href=\"https:\/\/punchng.com\/french-crisis-ex-pm-urges-macron-to-resign\/?utm_source=auto-read-also&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;amp\">(Punch)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emmanuel Macron\u2019s first prime minister on Tuesday urged the cornered French head of state to resign in a shock call that compounded an escalating political crisis. 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