Élisabeth Borne faces calls to resign after legislative election result throws French politics into turmoil
France’s prime minister, Élisabeth Borne, is facing calls for her resignation after Emmanuel Macron’s centrist alliance, said the result created an unusual situation that posed “a risk for our country”.
“We will be working from tomorrow to build a working majority, there is no alternative to this uniting to guarantee the stability of our country and continue with necessary reforms. The result means that to succeed, the government will be forced to move to the right to make alliances with LR and the centre-right Union des Démocrates et Indépendants . This has led to calls for Macron to bring back his first term PM Édouard Philippe.
Macron’s alliance remains the biggest grouping in parliament but it took significant losses in what the media called a “crushing defeat” and an “earthquake”. Political analysts deemed the results a “severe failure” for Macron’s alliance.
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