French political turmoil continues. French Prime Minister Le Corney, who had resigned, negotiated with some parties on the 8th. The French Presidential Palace said that night that it would appoint a new prime minister. After only 27 days in office and less than 24 hours after forming a cabinet, Le Corni became the shortest-serving prime minister of the Fifth Republic of France and the seventh prime minister to step down during Macron's term.

Media and analysts believe that the recent political turmoil has once again confirmed the political crisis in which France has fallen and the two major dilemmas in governance and development behind the crisis. French media said that French politics has targeted the "post-Macron era", and the intensifying partisan struggle may make the political deadlock more difficult.

Parliament dissolves ¡°alarm¡± suspended

After Le Corny's resignation was approved on the 6th, he was entrusted by Macron to conduct two-day "final negotiations" with various parties in order to maintain political stability. However, the far-right party National League and the left-wing party "Unyielding France", which occupy a large number of seats in the National Assembly, refused to participate in the negotiations.

In an interview with two French television stations on the evening of 8th, Le Corney said that despite the various conditions put in the negotiations, enough parties are hoping for political stability, "it is possible to find a way out."

On September 10th, Le Corny attended the handover ceremony at the Prime Minister's Office in Paris, France. Published by Xinhua News Agency (Photo by Aurelien Morrisal)

French media quoted Macron's neighbors as reporting that Le Corneille to Macron on the talks on the evening of the 8th, and that Macron came to three conclusions: a majority of lawmakers oppose the dissolution of parliament again, there is a possibility of building a stable governing platform, and it is still possible to pass the draft fiscal budget for 2026 by the end of the year.

Le Korney refused to answer whether the new prime minister was from the left camp or whether he was a technocrat with a non-partisan background. Public opinion believes that the new prime minister candidate may be a technocrat or moderate politician. However, some media pointed out that no matter who becomes prime minister, he will not be able to gain a dominant position in the National Assembly and will face the same challenges as his predecessor, and the problem that has given Macron a headache will continue.

"French political practice and political culture are exhausted"

Experts and media analysts believe that the French prime minister has repeatedly changed, the political situation continues to shake, and street movements are frequent, reflecting France's two major difficulties in governance and development.

First, there is a lack of political compromise in France, and substantive reform is difficult to push. After his resignation, Le Corny said that it is one of the root causes of the current deadlock that all parties refuse to give way to each other on the reform of the retirement system. The current political environment is extremely complicated, and some political parties excessively pursue party interests and neglect national interests.

Paul Taylor, a visiting scholar at the European Policy Center, believes that the French parties are in their respective settlements and can never agree on budgets, pension reforms, immigration, etc. The Financial Times website article pointed out that for the current French governance difficulties, the political parties in France are hardly to blame: they failed to take responsible action in the growing "budget gap" or refused to compromise on the issues of their own interests.

Secondly, the French economy has weakened in recent years, and the high welfare system is difficult to sustain. This has led to the French government¡¯s recent reform of the pension system, the introduction of a draft budget for 2026 to cut spending, and so on, which has intensified party-to-party contradictions. The Spanish Revolutions website article notes that the weak economic growth and immigration policy controversy has intensified the contradictions, and the street movement has extended from protesting the pension reform to questioning the legitimacy of the government.

On September 10, a massive demonstration took place in several French cities to protest the draft budget proposed by the former prime minister, Mr. Beurou, aimed at cutting fiscal expenditure.The police stopped protesters from blocking streets in the streets of Paris on the same day.

According to media analysis, the dissatisfaction in Macron's support camp is getting stronger and stronger with the repeated substitution of the Prime Minister. Olivier Lukang, a French constitutional scholar, said: "French political practice and culture are exhausted."

Multi-party forces "draw a line" with Macron

Le Corneille, who explained the reasons for his resignation on June 6, referred to the escalation of the French party struggle, calling on all parties to put ¡°national interests before party interests.¡± French media and experts interpreted the current number of polls showing that most people have lost confidence in Macron, while Macron will no longer participate in the 2027 presidential election. In this context, multi-party political forces have targeted the ¡°post-Macron era¡±, and the first thing to do is to ¡°clear the boundaries¡± with Macron.

On May 7, 2022, in the Elysée Palace in Paris, France, French President Emmanuel Macron delivered a speech at the inauguration ceremony.

Left-wing parties called for Macron's resignation and submitted several motions to the National Assembly to overthrow Macron, although the move was hardly successful. The Socialist and Ecological Party called for Macron's "co-governance" with the leftist prime minister.

Former French prime minister Philippe, chairman of the Future Party, said on Monday that only early presidential elections can break the political impasse, and he called on Macron to resign after passing the next year¡¯s budget.

On the 6th, the website of Der Spiegel published an article entitled "Macron is isolated and helpless, and his opponent has started the battle for his successor", saying that Macron's opponents, especially Marine Le Pen, the leader of the National League, the largest opposition party in the National Assembly, have launched the presidential campaign.

France¡¯s deep political crisis has also shaded the shadow of European politics.The Financial Times recently commented that Leclerc¡¯s resignation before the end of the month as prime minister has plunged France into the worst political crisis in 70 years, which is catastrophic for France and not bad for Europe, because Europe is now more in need of decisive leadership than ever.

Reporter: Qiao Benxiao and Yang Jun