After the electoral turbulence of June and July, few in France imagined that we would be heading into September without a new prime minister appointed to reflect the results of last month's parliamentary elections.
The French constitution entrusts the president with the authority to appoint the prime minister. Under the unwritten conventions of the Fifth Republic, the prime minister is chosen from the majority grouping in the national assembly.
Since then, we have been governed by ministers who have in effect resigned, a situation that is completely unprecedented in France.
That strategy, adhered to mostly by the left, was of most benefit to Macron's party, although it did not stop it from ruling out working with the France Unbowed party (LFI) for being too radical.
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