Biography Flash: Macron's Power Play Sparks Outrage in France

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Emmanuel Macron has been right at the center of the storm this week in Paris. Triumph or tumult Depending on who you ask the answer hinges on his latest power move: after days of tense consultations with political leaders Macron stunned France by reappointing Sébastien Lecornu as Prime Minister Friday night according to DW News and Le Monde. Lecornu had resigned just days earlier amidst escalating acrimony over a budget bill that no one seemed willing to pass, so his immediate reinstatement is being called a bad joke and democratic disgrace by critics from both the far right and far left. National Rally’s Marine Le Pen and France Unbowed’s Manuel Bompard openly accused Macron of humiliating the French people, with both parties promising no-confidence votes against Lecornu’s new cabinet. Caliber.AZ reports widespread outrage among party leaders some even calling on Macron to resign as the political crisis throws the Paris Stock Exchange into turmoil and threatens to cost France as much as 15 billion euros by year end.

But Macron is, at least for now, undeterred—he insists he will serve out his term, despite prominent voices like former premier Edouard Philippe, who said Macron should step down after the battered budget finally passed. Instead, Macron’s seventh prime minister, Lecornu, is now tasked with pushing through an austerity budget by Monday’s deadline and forming a new cabinet over the weekend, with the government’s very survival hanging on razor-edge negotiations about hot-button issues like pension reform and social spending. According to France 24 and Euronews, Lecornu describes himself as a monk-soldier, committed more to discipline than ambition, and has publicly promised that “debates on all issues troubling French society” are coming.

On the international stage Monday Macron will travel to Egypt to support the US-backed Gaza ceasefire plan. The Elysee Palace confirmed meetings focused on the peace plan, hostages, humanitarian access, and France’s enduring support for the two-state solution and regional security—a rare moment of foreign policy continuity amidst domestic chaos, as covered by Euractiv and Asharq Al-Awsat.

On social media and in the press Macron is being portrayed as stubborn, unpredictable and increasingly isolated. Politicians from moderate left to hard right are openly speculating about new elections, further cabinet collapses and even impeachment proceedings as frustration boils over in the streets and salons of Paris.

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