 "French President Emmanuel Macron. AFP")
French President Emmanuel Macron rejected the calls to resign as the opposition outburst due to the political tensions rising in France. With the gradual shift and the change of five Prime Ministers in less than two years gave his rivals a chance to criticise him calling his leadership a curse and call for fresh legislative elections or resign.
Macron has refused to do both the things. France has been in the middle of the crisis with the recent step down of Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu from his post of PM hours after announcing his cabinet and again getting reappointed by the President after a series of talks. A political turmoil that ruptures the backbone of the legislature. Macron blasted the opposition as his latest government was threatened by two no-confidence motions that could bring it down by the end of the week.
No plan to step down
After arriving in Egypt to attend a meeting to end the Gaza conflict, Macron blamed his rivals for unnecessary pointers and said he has no plan to step down as a President of France before his second and final term ends in 2027.
“I ensure continuity and stability, and I will continue to do so,” he said, urging people not to forget that the mandate given to the president means “to serve, to serve, and to serve."
Macron reappointed Sebastien Lecornu, who was the shortest lived Prime Minister of France. Macron announced Lecornu’s new cabinet late on Sunday, with many of the top jobs remaining unchanged.
“There will be no censure if the prime minister commits to abandoning Article 49.3 and suspending the pension reform,” Socialist lawmaker Philippe Brun told Reuters, referring to the constitutional tool used to ram legislation through parliament without a vote, and echoing remarks by the party’s secretary Olivier Faure on Sunday.