It was way back in the first week of July that the French went to the polls to elect a new government. Fifty-nine days later and there is no new government and it’s anyone’s guess who will become the fifth prime minister to serve under Emmanuel Macron. As one left-wing politician, Mathilde Panot, quipped on Monday: ‘If Macron could nominate himself, he would.’
Macron and Scholz, Europe’s two most important leaders, seem determined to turn a blind eye to voters
In the parliamentary election, Macron’s Renaissance party finished third, receiving 6.3 million votes. Marine Le Pen’s National Rally won the biggest slice of the popular vote with 10.1 million votes, followed by the left-wing New Popular Front coalition with seven million. This coalition nevertheless took the most seats in the National Assembly, 193, 27 more than Macron’s centrist bloc. The National Rally increased its seats from 88 to 126 to become the single biggest party in parliament.
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