The French Government has collapsed and consequently plunged into a political crisis. The now former Prime Minister, François Bayrou, lost a vote of no-confidence, in which members of the French government voted on whether he should maintain his position of power, and was forced to resign. President Macron has since appointed his long-time political ally, Sébastien Lecornu, as the new Prime Minister, the fifth person to hold the nation´s 2nd highest office within the last two years. Bayrou warned that France’s debt, which has surmounted 3.4 trillion euros, could destroy the French economy and advocated for cuts to social services to reduce spending. Even though Bayrou has been removed, the new Prime Minister doesn’t seem to have made the people of France any happier, seeing as a series of protests have erupted across the country. “We are here because we are very tired of how Macron has been handling the situation” of France’s spiralling debt, said Alex in an interview obtained by the BBC, further predicting that the new Prime Minister will “repeat the cycle”. Sophomore Benjamin Gomane, who lived in France for 8 years, shares Alex’s dissatisfaction, saying, “The French president is firing many congressmen and ministers, and the economy is not good, people are revolting against the French government, and calling it the French revolution part two.”
While some do not have much faith in this new prime minister, others are keeping their hopes high that he will fulfill his promises of getting France’s debt problem under control. In the end, only time will tell if France’s troubles are finally over or if they are just beginning.
