Paris (AP). Impressive French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday suffered a new blow when two of his former ministers were severely detached from him as he faced with increasing pressure to resign after his latest government collapse.
Édouard Philippe was the first Macron Prime Minister after 2017 Appeared to power, and Gabriel Anttalas used to be one of the most loyal Lieutenants of the French President, who appointed Prime Minister in 2024. January, during the second term of Macron. The Attalas then announced its dissatisfaction with the stunning decision of Macron in 2024. In June, to dissolve powerful parliamentary low houses – the root of the present crisis.
Their individual decisions now draw a line and illustrate the macron how the presidential authority is reduced by his inability to submit stable control.
The political turmoil has grabbed France for more than a year, flowing from the eradication of the National Assembly, which has led to a new election. The result was a parliament stacked with macron’s opponents, which had dropped his minority governments one by one.
Attal, speaking Monday night with TF1 broadcaster, struck the first blow, saying, “Like many Frenchmen, I no longer get the president’s decisions.”
Philippe then caused more pressure on Tuesday, saying that Macron should call the early presidential elections and resign after the National Assembly accepts 2026. Budget. Macron has previously said he will see his second and last term of the president by 2027.
Philippe said Macron “should say that we cannot allow that we have experienced what we have experienced in the last six months. Another 18 months will be too long and will hurt France.”
Lecornu uphill mission
On Monday, Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu, the fourth Macron Prime Minister, was the last crisis on Michel Barnier and Francois Byerou on Monday.
Having accepted Lecornu’s resignation, Macron then gave his 39-year-old ally 48 hours to hold more “final negotiations” to achieve national stability-a clear effort of the last ditch to find some retirement to the latest deadlock and buy the French leader for some time.
On Tuesday, Lecornu met with the so-called “Socle Commun” officials, “General Platform”-Coalition of Conservative and Centr, which provided a support base, albeit shaking, macron’s main prime ministers before the break of Lecornu called a new cabinet on Sunday evening.
The new government then collapsed in less than 14 hours, when conservative heavyweight Bruno retail was withdrawn.
Left -wants to control, distant right calls to hold new elections
Macron, now in the Record-Low, did not specify his next step. His competitors offered three options: resign, call for new elections, or appointed Prime Minister from his political camp.
The third option known as “coexistence” was supported by the left -wing parties. Left coalition, the new popular front, won most of the places in 2024. In the French legislative elections, the influx of extreme right, but failed to win the majority.
But the Alliance quickly collapsed, both socialists and communists are now contrary to Jean-Luc Mélenchon for a long-distance left party France.
“This is the choice of coexistence – invited to take responsibility and finally be able to actually change the French life that we like more,” France Televions Network said Marine Tondelier, the Green Party leader.
On the other hand, the long -distance right calls for an election of a Snap. Marine Le Pen’s national rally, currently in surveys, believes that new legislative elections can operate in its favor.
“I urge the President of the Republic to hear the suffering in the country, to leave his isolation, and to end the national assembly,” said Jordan Bardella, President of the National Reloon. “We have to go back to the French so they can choose the majority. We are ready to take responsibility.”
Meanwhile, many Frenchmen sound frustrated.
“The impression is that the fifth republic supports life support, respirator, morphine, and maybe we should think about how to change it a bit,” Gillaum Glade, 36, told The Associated Press. “There are cracks on all sides and we can feel it.”
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Alex Turnbull, Associated Press journalist, contributed to this story in Paris. Petrequin reported from London