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French PM to resign after government falls while Macron seeks solution to crisis (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

You're right, it's not the ideal article on the subject.

[Edith to clarify: The article is factual but it doesn't give background on all the meddling that went on over the past few months since the snap election nonsense.]

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I have been really curious about that, actually, but since I don't speak French, it's been hard for me to follow the post-election developments. Are you able to give a recap, or point me to a good summary somewhere?

[–] wkk 15 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

"far-right" gains lots of seats during european deputy elections
people shocked
Macron somehow figures this means people have new priorities and dissolves the general assembly
new elections
expected a swing victory for "far-right"
they actually lose seats
left coalition comes out on top, but with relative majority of seats only (<50%)
unexpected but welcome turn of events
issue: since no one has absolute majority it's difficult to vote stuff
budget
Macron wants (NEEDS) to fix the debt issue
they'll cut expenses in public services, mass layoffs
left coalition wants to find the missing money not by cutting but by taxing places where money accumulated (i.e. The Rich™)
left lands amends in the budget plan
prime minister overrules the plan using "49.3" and approves the initial Fuck The People <3 Budget Plan™
this unlocks the prime minister's ejection seat button
prime minister is ejected
Macron needs to pick yet another prime minister, hopefully this time he won't put one of his cronies to overrule the elected majority's priorities

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Long story short

following the European elections, Macron used his constitutional right to call for new parliamentary elections, a risky moved that hasn't been used since 1997.
European elections led to 3 similar sized block : A left wing union from with communists, green and social-democrats, a Center-right pro Macron block, and a far-right block
Macron appointed former EU brexit negotiator Barnier as a prime minister, he is from a right wing party who's done a pretty low score at the election, and he bought a government with centre-right liberals and some more conservative to show the far-right that it could have been worse.
The parliament struggled to vote a budget, so Barnier used the trust me bro technique, a constitutional trick which allows you to bypass a parliament vote on a law but triggers a confidence vote.
The Far-right decided that the current wasn't right wing enough and vote the non confidence with the left-wing, meaning that the budget is rejected and the prime minister has to resign

Direct consequences is that France has no budget for 2025 (I assume it means that they'll re-use the 2024 budget until they vote something) and that Macron will have to appoint a new PM. With some luck French politicians will start behaving like in any democratic nation and build a coalition over a given coaltion contract rather than blaming each other on the TV

[–] Foreigner 6 points 6 days ago

With some luck French politicians will start behaving like in any democratic nation and build a coalition over a given coaltion contract rather than blaming each other on the TV

I feel we have a better chance of winning the euromillions than that happening

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago

I mean, it's a perfectly fine and factual article, just that I disagree with this specific title