Day after newly appointed French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu stepped down just weeks after taking office, President Emmanuel Macron is now under pressure to either call snap parliamentary elections or resign as his former allies joined his opponents in demanding action to end the political crisis in the country.
According to a report by The Guardian, Macron’s first prime minister on Tuesday as asking the President to step down amid mounting frustration even within Macron’s own camp over one of the worst spells of political chaos in France since the foundation of its Fifth Republic in 1958.
Former Prime Minister Édouard Philippe said Macron should announce an early presidential election once a budget for next year was adopted.
“Time is of the essence. We are not going to prolong wha