Emmanuel Macron dissolves French parliament and calls snap elections

volchitsa

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122368669#Comment_122368669

As I understand it, it was undergoing renovation, just as Notre Dame in Paris had been. In that case it was a problem of electrical equipment and lighting requiring multiple electrical sources to be brought into an old structure made of bone-dry wood. No Muslims needed for a fire to catch hold.

I'd bet a large amount of money that this is the same.

volchitsa

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122368769#Comment_122368769

Of course if it were Ireland we could make a good guess that it was burnt down as a result of rumours spreading that it was going to used to house asylum seekers.

I.R.Y.E.D

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122369166#Comment_122369166

Plenty of accounts on twitter and the likes of breitbart that cater to those who aren't firing on all cylinders between the ears were claiming it was Muslims at the time and since.

Headshot

"The leftwing coalition that won most seats in France’s snap general election is facing division after its leading party said it was suspending negotiations with the others over a failure to agree on a prime minister."

https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/15/france-leftwing-coalition-nfp-stalemate

What a mess this is

amandstu

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122385779#Comment_122385779

So Macron keeps the existing PM if noone can propose another who can garner enough support to replace him ?

Peregrinus

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122385968#Comment_122385968

The Prime Minister is appointed by the President of the Republic. In theory the President can appoint anyone; the PM doesn't have to be a member of the National Assembly. But in reality the PM can't function effectively without the support of a majority in the Assembly, so the PM nearly always is a member of the Assembly, and is the leader of a parliamentary group that can command a majority or, at worst, that can avoid a vote of no confidence.

Right now it's not clear who could command majority support in the Assembly. The current PM, Gabriel Attal, doesn't reckon he can, so he has offered his resignation to the President. But the President hasn't accepted it because its not yet clear what alternative PM could secure the support of the Assembly. Attal is effectively a caretaker PM while negotiations continue between the different parties in the Assembly to put together a majority in support of a government, at which point Attal (unless he is the lucky winner, which seems unlikely) will again offer to resign, and this time Macron will accept.

amandstu

Is this still the French election thread?

Has anyone been following since?