Emmanuel Macron now confronts what could very well be an existential crisis of the Fifth Republic. Sébastien Lecornu, Prime Minister number 7, was unable to build a working majority after rolling the dice with the usual suspects, that included former PMs, and so he promptly relinquished power. Parliamentary arithmetic suggests a mission impossible à la française: forging a coalition with the left or pandering to the populist far right. The French president fears either path will further fracture a nation deep in crisis. Since re-election in 2022, Macron has wielded an unwavering determination to lean towards a centrist, often centre-right, PM to unify France, ironically obtaining the polar opposite effect and deepening division. Could a moderate socialist bridge centre‑left and centre‑right to offer a lifeline to France’s strong executive tradition of the semi-democratic, and once-pragmatic, Fifth Republic? To properly address a political crisis in uncharted waters, Eve Irvine welcomes Dr Nicholas Startin, Political Scientist, Associate Professor of International Relations at John Cabot University.
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