Macron's move amid deepening French political impasse, but does he do compromise? • FRANCE 24

In 2017, he blew up the system. Now, can he keep it together? France's Emmanuel Macron had never run for public office before becoming president. And for a while, he seemed exempt from the crude reality of political horse trading.
Yet now, the same Macron who reigned supreme when he smashed the big tent center-left and center-right parties eight years ago running out of road in his second term: with his baffling decision last year to dissolve parliament backfiring miserably, an even stronger opposition ousting the 47-year old president's second prime minister in under a year Monday.

Macron hoped that with Michel Barnier and then François Bayrou, he could stay in his comfort zone with a coalition that runs from traditional conservatives to the center. But Monday’s vote at the National Assembly wasn’t even close, a vote triggered to anticipate the bruising austerity budget battle still to come not to mention this Wednesday’s Yellow Vests-inspired day of protest. 

Beyond the guessing game of who Macron will pick next, is it about Macron himself, the leader who promised Jupiter-like strength from on high and who now has to make concessions, or a democracy that’s no longer so unique on a continent rife with populist pressures and fragmented political forces?
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Post from France 24 on September 09, 2025

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