Whatever It Takes…to Avoid Another French Election
As yet another prime minister looms, the Macronian center is failing to hold.
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Ever since President Emmanuel Macron called snap elections last year, France has been stuck in rinse-repeat: A prime minister is named, cobbles together a coalition of convenience and is eventually toppled over unpopular budget cuts. The process has become so farcical that Macron’s last pick Sebastien Lecornu, France’s second prime minister in a month, led a cabinet for all of 14 hours before resigning after enraging allies on both left and right by rewarding the president’s loyalists with top jobs.