The French government falls. Macron’s grand project goes with it

By Free Republic | Created at 2024-12-05 19:47:52 | Updated at 2024-12-22 16:13:47 2 weeks ago

The French government falls. Macron’s grand project goes with it
The Dallas Morning News ^ | December 5, 2024 | Bloomberg Wire

Posted on 12/05/2024 11:32:38 AM PST by Navy Patriot

Emmanuel Macron pitched himself as a bulwark against the rise of the far right in France when he burst onto the highest political stage and became president in 2017.

The leader of the European Union’s second-biggest economy has instead ushered in a period where far-right leader Marine Le Pen is not only the chief power broker in Paris, she’s closer than ever to the ultimate prize: the Elysee Palace.

Macron’s grand plans are now stuck in a cul-de-sac of chaotic failure after she allied with other parties on Wednesday to topple Prime Minister Michel Barnier. He was appointed just three months ago by Macron to lead a minority government and keep the project alive.

France now has no fully-empowered government — and no obvious way to form a stable one for months — the public is frustrated, and there’s a growing budget crisis. Investors have driven up risk premiums on French assets over peers to levels not seen in more than a decade and sent stocks plunging. The benchmark equity index is on track for its worst year relative to Europe’s Stoxx 600 since 2010.

Macron’s loosening grip on his agenda and Le Pen’s ascent mark the apex of a years-long battle between two visions of France and the European Union.

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Well, Good News, the IslamoNazi Vichy Frog Government has collapsed, coward Frog Thug Cops may quit killing Yellow Vest French Patriots.

1 posted on 12/05/2024 11:32:38 AM PST by Navy Patriot

To: USA-FRANCE

Ping, you’ll have to abandon the Nazi Ukraine Front, Nazi Frogs are losing at home, and need you to rescue them.

2 posted on 12/05/2024 11:37:38 AM PST by Navy Patriot (I Voted For President Trump, Celebrate Recivilization!)

To: Navy Patriot

Fidel’s son in Quebec is next.

3 posted on 12/05/2024 11:41:20 AM PST by chiller (Davey Crockett said: "Be sure you're right. Then go ahead'. I'll go ahead.)

To: Navy Patriot

Emmanuel Moron, the gloobal warming oaf.

4 posted on 12/05/2024 11:41:27 AM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)

To: Navy Patriot

Time to dump the socialist governments around the globe, they fail.

5 posted on 12/05/2024 11:42:55 AM PST by 1Old Pro

To: Navy Patriot

Interesting time for the carrier USS Harry S Truman to be docked in Marseille.

6 posted on 12/05/2024 11:44:46 AM PST by Psalm 73 ("You'll never hear surf music again" - J. Hendrix)

To: Navy Patriot

Macron’s grand project?

Grand projection is more like it..

7 posted on 12/05/2024 11:46:42 AM PST by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera)

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