BURSTMacron has asked Lecornu to stay on for 48 hours to try to win over lawmakers
For those in need of a refresher on what happened yesterday (and a little history of France’s highly dramatic political scramblings…), here is an excellent explainer by my Paris-based colleague, Jon Henley:
The key part is at the end, where Jon lays out three options for Macron going forward:
First, he could name a new prime minister. A figure from within his own camp now appears unlikely, while even a moderate leftwinger would challenge his hard-won pension overhauls.
On the other hand, appointing a confirmed rightwinger would infuriate the left bloc. Given the pressing need to achieve a minimum of consensus to at least pass a budget for this year, some analysts have suggested he may try to turn to a non-party political technocrat.
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