September 9, 2025 10:08 AM
Stalemate or surrender: France’s Macron is left with no good options
The challenge French President Emmanuel Macron faces in choosing his fifth prime minister in under two years lays bare the depth of a political crisis that in many ways is of his own making, and one with no clear path out. Francois Bayrou is set to tender his resignation as prime minister on Tuesday, a day after parliament voted to bring down the government over its plans for taming the budget deficit. Bayrou's predecessor, Michel Barnier, had suffered the same fate over his fiscal plans only ...
