The Attal administration will now serve as a caretaker government until a new prime minister is appointed.
Governing France is about to get much harder for Emmanuel Macron.
The French president on Tuesday accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Gabriel Attal and his government, the Elysée said in a statement, officially starting a transition period during which the outgoing administration plays the role of caretaker government until a new executive is appointed.
The statement added that Macron urged “all Republican forces” to reach an agreement in order to end this transition period “as soon as possible.”
This transitory period has never lasted more than nine days — but these are unprecedented times in France.
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The statement added that Macron urged “all Republican forces” to reach an agreement in order to end this transition period “as soon as possible.”
Though the left-wing New Popular Front coalition won last week’s snap election, it is far from holding an absolute majority in the National Assembly and cracks are starting to appear in its ranks over who should be put forward as prime minister.
Macron has not yet made clear what his course of action will be, only indicating that, in his view “no one” had won the election and that a cross-party “sincere and loyal dialogue” would be needed “to build a solid majority.”
With the Paris 2024 Olympics starting in ten days, some Cabinet members, notably the sports and interior ministers, will be required to remain fully devoted to their tasks.
The transitory period also casts uncertainty over the government’s most sensitive file: the budget law for coming year, which is usually discussed in the fall and should be adopted by the end of 2024.
Brussels officially launched a so-called excessive deficit procedure against France on Tuesday, meaning that in the months ahead the government will have to reassure the Commission by submitting a plan for new spending cuts.
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