On the sidelines of his visit to Saudi Arabia, Emmanuel Macron in turn entered the French political arena on Tuesday shaken by a very serious crisis. He took the opportunity to repeat to journalists that his “priority is stability”
The head of state thus affirmed that he could “not believe in the vote of censorship” of Michel Barnier's government, adding that he “trusted the coherence of people”. According to him, the National Rally would be “unbearably cynical” if it voted for the motion tabled by the left, “which insults its voters”, while the Socialist Party, and in particular ex-president François Hollande, would demonstrate of a “complete loss of bearings” by voting for censorship.
Macron criticizes “a dissolution of minds”
Overthrowing the government would be “a dissolution of minds”, “but I don’t believe in it”, said Emmanuel Macron again. He therefore refused to publicly consider the options for replacing Michel Barnier at Matignon, believing that it would be “political fiction”.
“Everyone will take responsibility tomorrow. The government took them, I had given them authorization,” he explained. “The interest of the country is more important than the interest of parties. »
Despite the concessions made by the Prime Minister on the budgetary texts for 2025, the RN affirmed Monday that the head of government had not acceded to all its demands and announced that he would vote for censure, following a debate scheduled for Wednesday afternoon in the Assembly.
President brushes off calls for his resignation
Michel Barnier, as well as the team that supports him, made up of the Macronist camp and the right, warn of a financial “storm” if the government falls without having been able to adopt the budget. “We must not scare people with these things, we have a strong economy,” replied Emmanuel Macron from Riyadh. “France is a rich, solid country, which has made many reforms and which is maintaining them, which has stable institutions, a stable Constitution,” he argued.
While several calls for the resignation of the Head of State have emanated in recent days from La France insoumise, but also sometimes from the RN and even other political parties, he has brushed aside this hypothesis by assuring that “no”, he had never thought of leaving the Elysée before the end of his mandate in 2027. “They are prey to fixed ideas,” he quipped about Marine le Pen and Jean-Luc Mélenchon.
“It turns out that if I am here before you, it is because I was elected twice by the French people. I am extremely proud of it and I will honor this trust with all the energy that is mine until the last second to be useful to the country,” insisted the president, who still claims to have “no” regrets. having dissolved the National Assembly.
