Macron will name a new French Prime Minister on Friday in a bid to restore stability

President Emmanuel Macron will wait until Friday before announcing his choice for France’s next prime minister, according to the Elysée Palace, in a bid to end months of political turmoil.

Eight days after French MPs ousted Michel Barnier as prime minister in a no-confidence vote, Macron cut short a visit to Poland on Thursday and was expected to come up with a new name on his return.

But after arriving at Villacoublay airbase near Paris, his team said a statement would not come until Friday morning.

French politics have been in turmoil since Macron called snap parliamentary elections for the summer, and if he names a new prime minister, it will be his fourth this year.

A BFMTV opinion poll on Thursday suggested that 61% of French voters are worried about the political situation.

Although Macron indicated that a decision would be made by the end of Thursday, fans of French politics have become accustomed to the president’s desire to take action. maître des horloges – master of the clocks.

Macron has vowed to remain in office until his second term ends in 2027, despite Barnier’s fallout last week.

He has already held round-table discussions with leaders from all major political parties, covering far-right Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s France Unbowed (LFI) and Marine Le Pen’s National Rally.

He needs to establish a government that cannot be brought down the way Barnier did in the National Parliament.

It is thought that he will want to bring the parties to the center left in the government, or agree to a deal so as not to destroy the next prime minister.

The former Brexit negotiator was voted in as Le Pen’s National Rally joined left-wing MPs in rejecting his plans for 60 billion euros (£50bn) in tax cuts and spending increases. He wanted to reduce France’s budget deficit, which is expected to reach 6.1% of GDP this year.

Among the favorites to succeed Barnier, who spent just three months as prime minister, are MoDem leader François Bayrou, Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu and former leftist minister Bernard Cazeneuve.

Under the political system of the Fifth Republic of France, the president is elected for five years and appoints the prime minister who is chosen by the Cabinet and then appointed by the president.

In an unusual move, President Macron called snap parliamentary elections for the summer after poor results in June’s EU elections. The result left France in a political quagmire, with three major political blocs formed on the left, the center and the far right.

He eventually chose Michel Barnier to form a minority government that relied on Marine Le Pen’s National Rally to survive. But now that has fallen, Macron is hoping to restore stability without relying on his party.

Three left-wing parties – the Socialists, Greens and Communists – have split from the left-wing LFI and are participating in negotiations to form a new government.

However, they have made it clear that they want to see the left-wing prime minister they have chosen if they are going to join a larger government.

“I told you that I want someone from the left and the Greens and I think that Bayrou is neither one nor the other,” Greens leader Marine Tondelier told French TV on Thursday, adding that he did not see the majority camp losing a member of parliament. election can hold the position of prime minister and maintain the same principles.

However, he also said that he does not agree with Bernard Cazeneuve, even though he was a Socialist: “The only times he spoke about us was criticizing us. He cannot represent us.”

Relations between the centre-left and Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s hard-line LFI appear to be fraying with the three parties’ decision to pursue talks with President Macron.

After the LFI leader asked his allies to abandon the coalition agreement, Olivier Faure of the Socialists told French TV that “the louder Mélenchon shouts the less he is heard”.

Meanwhile, Marine Le Pen has called for consideration of her party’s policies regarding the cost of living in the next government, by creating a budget that “does not cross the red lines of each party”.

Michel Barnier’s governing government has tabled a bill that would allow the provisions of the 2024 budget to continue until next year. But a replacement budget for 2025 will have to be approved when the next government takes office.