August 26, 2024

PARIS — France remains stuck in political limbo after President Emmanuel Macron on Monday refused to accept the election-winning left’s candidate for prime minister.

Macron — who, as head of state, is responsible for appointing a new prime minister and government — met with party heads and parliamentary leaders across the political spectrum Monday. He then issued a statement indicating he wouldn’t name a head of government from the left-wing New Popular Front coalition that won June’s legislative election, arguing that this would lead to instability.

“The President of the Republic noted that a government based solely on the platform and parties put forward by the alliance with the most lawmakers, the New Popular Front, would immediately be toppled with a vote of no confidence by all the other groups represented in the National Assembly,” the statement read.

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