Source: Politico
“French far-right leader Marine Le Pen said her party would vote to topple any future prime minister that President Emmanuel Macron might appoint unless he calls new parliamentary elections. ‘Each new government is a device to circumvent the will of the people,’ Le Pen said Wednesday at a press conference. Le Pen’s comments come as outgoing Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu scrambles to navigate a way out of the political crisis sparked by his resignation Monday. After accepting Lecornu’s resignation, Macron then tasked him with finding a path forward by Wednesday evening. Le Pen’s party, the National Rally, and other political forces that think they can win a majority of seats in the currently hung National Assembly, France’s lower house of parliament, want Macron to call new snap elections.” (10/08/25)