"Back when we last visited the Dysfunctional 5th Republic of France, The young and fairly talented Gabriel Attel was the Prime Minister of the country as it went into Macron's disastrous parliamentary elections. The elections went, well... disastrously. The final result yielded a parliament incapable of forming a durable French government. Everything a government does, passing laws, setting budgets, or even appointing ministers (who can actually stay in their posts) became impossible to count on in France."
"The Macronist Churn is speeding up. Prime Minister Lecornu quit Monday morning, after his government collapsed. He had been appointed in early September. He had been in post for a few days. As his first real act as PM, he announced the new governmental cabinet on Sunday evening. He was a dead man walking by Monday morning. There is no Prime Minister of France."
"As I am typing this, it's Thursday. Macron has promised to have another Prime Minister in post on Friday, which you may notice is tomorrow. He spent today attended the interment of Robert Badinter in the Pantheon, a pretty building in Paris where they put their fanciest dead people. Robert Badinter is remembered for getting rid of the guillotine."
Parliamentary elections produced a fragmented legislature unable to form a durable government. Multiple prime ministers—Gabriel Attel, Michel Barnier, François Bayrou, and Sébastien Lecornu—failed to secure lasting support, prompting no-confidence votes and resignations. Key governmental functions such as passing laws, setting budgets, and appointing stable ministers became unpredictable. President Macron has repeatedly chosen leaders from his centrist circle, which contributed to the impasse. Lecornu resigned shortly after announcing a cabinet, accelerating the turnover. Macron promised a new prime minister imminently while attending the Pantheon interment of Robert Badinter, known for abolishing the guillotine.
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