Is It Time for Emmanuel Macron to Resign?

French politics has been plunged into utter dysfunction, with no clear way out.

French President Emmanuel Macron is seen prior to the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Place du Trocadero on July 26, 2024 in Paris. September 8, 2025, 5:42 AM Comment icon View Comments ( )

France finds itself yet again mired in a political crisis. Prime Minister François Bayrou, unable to secure a majority of votes in the National Assembly in favor of his proposed austerity budget, has called for a vote of confidence on Monday, Sept. 8—a vote he is all but certain to lose. If the government falls, France will have run through four governments since President Emmanuel Macron’s reelection in 2022.

Will Macron respond to this latest pol

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