Thousands of French people took to the streets to protest Macron’s election as prime minister

According to Isna, it was on Thursday that French Preside Emmanuel Macron announced the appoime of Michel Barnier, the former foreign minister of the coury, as the new prime minister, ending the impasse that had been created after the early parliameary elections in July. Meanwhile, after experiencing the unexpected defeat of his party in the European Parliame elections in June and the jump in the votes of the far-right, Macron felt threatened and decided to take a political gamble by issuing a call for early elections in July.

However, discoe with Macron coinues, with thousands of protesters taking to the streets in cities across France on Saturday to protest the appoime of cere-right Michel Barnier as prime minister.

While the left-wing coalition known as the “New Popular Fro” unexpectedly won in July’s early elections, Macron’s appoime of Barnier has raised the voice of the French leftists, who accuse the French preside of stealing the election for their own benefit.

Meanwhile, on Thursday, Macron appoied 73-year-old Barnier as the prime minister, who, after obtaining unfavorable results in the elections, had put the French political atmosphere at a dead end in the negotiations and search for the prime minister’s choice for 2 mohs.

The 73-year-old Barnier, who was briefly France’s foreign minister in 2004 and 2005, led the EU’s negotiations with Britain over the coury’s exit from the union from 2016 to 2021. Barnier previously served as a minister in French governmes during the presidency of Jacques Chirac and Nicolas Sarkozy. He was also one of the commissioners of the European Union and after the Brexit referendum, he was one of the main negotiators about the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union. Barnier was also involved in the nuclear negotiations with Iran during his time at the French Foreign Ministry.

Macron has considered a series of poteial prime ministers in rece weeks, none of whom have won enough support to secure a stable governme, and there is no guaraee Barnier’s governme can pass the reforms through parliame.

But at least the far-right National Assembly (RN), one of the largest parties in parliame after July’s primary election, said earlier Thursday that it would not oppose Barnier if certain conditions were met.

In an ierview Friday night after announcing his appoime, the French prime minister said his governme, which lacks a clear majority, will include conservatives, members of Macron’s political camp, as well as leftists.

France has been under pressure from the European Commission and the financial markets for some time to reduce its budget deficit, and Barnier has two heavy tasks ahead of him, including the implemeation of reforms and the approval of the 2025 budget. The left-wing “France Invincible” party accused Macron of disregarding democracy and stealing the election by opposing the “New Popular Fro” option for prime minister.

According to an Ellab poll published on Friday, 74 perce of French people believe that Macron ignored the results of the early July election, and 55 perce believe that Macron stole the election. Barnier’s ceer-right party, known as the Republicans, came in fifth place in early elections and has less than 50 seats in parliame.

Unions, stude organizations and left-wing parties in France have called for a nationwide demonstration today and have announced a plan for extensive protest actions for October 1st, including possible strikes.

The French Invincible Party announced that 130 demonstrations were held across France today.

Today, Barnier coinued to consult with other politicians about the formation of the governme at the same time as these protests, but he also faced the prospect of receiving a vote of no confidence in this situation, and he must start discussing the 2025 budget from the beginning of October.

The New People’s Fro coalition together with the National Assembly Party has the majority of seats in the parliame and they can overthrow Barnier with a vote of no confidence if they agree with each other.

“Jordan Bardela”, the leader of the French National Community Party, told “BFM” channel: “Barnier is a prime minister under observation. “Nothing can be done without our conse.”

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