President Macron Appoints Francois Bayrou As French New Prime Minister

Francois Bayrou/PHOTO via Wikimedia Commons

French President Emmanuel Macron appointed Francois Bayrou as his fourth prime minister in 2024. Macron has assigned the veteran centrist to bring the country out of its second major political crisis in six months.

Reported by Reuters on Friday, December 13, Bayrou, Macron's close ally, prioritized the passage of a special law to extend the 2024 budget, with worse competition over the 2025 law to take place early next year. The parliament's rejection of the 2025 bill led to the fall of the former Prime Minister Michel Barnier's government.

Bayrou, 73, is expected to submit a list of his ministers in the coming days.

But it is likely to face the same difficulties as Barnier in directing laws through parliament consisting of three warring blocs.

Its very unpopular proximity to Macron will also prove vulnerability.

Jordan Bardella, president of the party's far-right National Rally, said they would not call for an immediate vote of distrust of Bayrou.

The deteriorating political slowdown in France has raised doubts about whether Macron will complete his second presidential term, ending in 2027.

It has also increased the cost of French loans and left a power vacuum in Europe's heart, just as Donald Trump is preparing to return to the White Seat. Home.

Macron spent the days after Barnier's dismissal to talk to leaders from conservatives to Communists, seeking support for Bayrou. Marine Le Pen's right-wing National Rally and hard left-handed France Unbowed were ruled out.

The involvement of the Socialist Party in the coalition may harm Macron in next year's budget.

"Now we will see how much it costs to support the Socialist Party," a government adviser said on Friday.