French President Emmanuel Macron named Francois Bayrou as his fourth prime minister of 2024 on Friday. Bayrou said he was aware his task to steer a government in a deeply divided country with no clear parliamentary majority will be difficult.
French President Emmanuel Macron named Francois Bayrou as his fourth prime minister of 2024 on Friday, tasking the veteran centrist with steering the country out of its second major political crisis in the last six months.
Bayrou, 73, is expected to put forward his list of ministers in the coming days, but will likely face the same existential difficulties as Barnier in steering legislation through a hung parliament comprising three warring blocs.Jordan Bardella, the president of the far-right National Rally party, said they would not be calling for an immediate no-confidence motion against Bayrou.
French President Emmanuel Macron named Francois Bayrou as his fourth prime minister of 2024 on FridayMacron spent the days after Barnier's ouster speaking to leaders from the conservatives to the Communists, seeking to lock in support for Bayrou.Any involvement of the Socialist Party in a coalition may cost Macron in next year's budget.
Bayrou, the founder of the Democratic Movement party which has been a part of Macron's ruling alliance since 2017, has himself run for president three times, leaning on his rural roots as the longtime mayor of the south-western town of Pau.
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