"You can date this crisis to June 2024, when Emmanuel Macron unexpectedly called a snap election that produced gridlock in the national assembly, rendering all subsequent governments unable to govern. This week's events have added another historic chapter to the tumult. For the first time in the history of the Fifth Republic, a government collapsed after a vote of confidence initiated by a prime minister."
"Francois Bayrou, in office for just nine months, chose to place his ministerial fate in the hands of an openly hostile hung parliament. The outcome was a foregone conclusion: even the right, though partly represented within his government, broke ranks a third of the conservative (Les Republicains) deputies refused to back Bayrou. Now, with Sebastien Lecornu a close ally of Emmanuel Macron becoming France's fifth prime minister to be sworn in since May 2022,"
France has experienced over a year of unprecedented political turmoil following a June 2024 snap election that produced a gridlocked national assembly. Successive governments have been unable to govern, culminating in a historic collapse after a vote of confidence initiated by Prime Minister Francois Bayrou. Bayrou placed his ministerial fate before an openly hostile hung parliament, with a third of Les Republicains deputies refusing to back him. Sebastien Lecornu, a Macron ally, became the fifth prime minister sworn in since May 2022. The left-leaning New Popular Front led the legislature but lacked an absolute majority, while the president rejected the NPF's candidate and imposed a government lacking parliamentary legitimacy.
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