France finally got a new prime minister

After nearly two months of political uncertainty, France is finally beginning to form a government. Macron hopes the conservative politician, a former EU Brexit negotiator, can secure a majority in parliament with cross-party support.

France is currently in political deadlock as no party or camp has secured the required majority in early parliamentary elections. For now, passing the budget for 2025 has become very urgent.

Marine Le Pen, leader of the far-right National Valley party, is currently supporting Bernier's nomination. As a result, he can get some confidence at the time of voting in Parliament. But Le Pen has also made veiled threats to withdraw support if the RN party's skepticism on issues such as immigration and security is not heeded. Another leader of the party imposed a condition to dissolve the parliament and call new elections as soon as possible. In that case, the government should be dissolved in July next year.

Bernie himself has taken up the challenge of forming a stable government of national unity and vowed to assuage voter discontent as much as possible. He said that he wants to give importance to the feelings of anger, suffering, abandonment and injustice among people in different cities, suburbs and rural areas of the country.

Bernie expressed his willingness to listen to all political camps to determine policy. At 73, Bernier became the oldest prime minister in France's modern political history. His predecessor Garbiel Atal was the youngest Prime Minister. Bernie failed to secure his party's nomination in the 2021 presidential election. He became a Member of Parliament at the age of 27 and held various important positions at the national and European levels.

France's left-wing camp had the best results in the parliamentary elections but did not have the chance to form a government due to the lack of the necessary majority. The camp said it would oppose Bernier. Far-left leader Jean-Luc Melachon said the election was stolen from the French people. He called for street protests on Saturday.

Many European leaders, including German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, wished Bernie success. This time he has to prove his support in Parliament by appointing ministers from different camps. Source: Deutsche Welle