French President Emmanuel Macron has given a request to see his mandate, which expires in 2027, reported Reuters, quoted by BTA.
In a televised address this evening, after the National Assembly voted last night a vote of no confidence in the government appointed by the head of state led by Prime Minister Michel Barnier, Macron accused the lower house of parliament members who ousted the cabinet of thinking only for presidential elections.
The French president has promised to appoint a new prime minister within a few days. The priority for the future prime minister will be the adoption of the budget for next year in the form of a special law, he noted.
By mid-December, a special law will be introduced in parliament to fill the gap until the delayed budget is adopted early next year, Macron said, quoted by DPA.
Macron admitted that his decision to dissolve the National Assembly in June, which plunged France into political crisis, “was not understood”, but assured that he would fulfill his mandate “to the end” and accused the opposition of “creating disorder”, reported France Press.
Following the historic no-confidence vote that ousted Prime Minister Michel Barnier, the French president promised in a televised address that he would appoint a prime minister “in the next few days” to form a “government of common interest”.< /p>
„We can afford neither division nor stagnation,”, Macron said in an address to the nation, adding: “This is why I will appoint a prime minister in the next few days”.
Returning to the starting point of the crisis - the surprise dissolution of the National Assembly in June, Macron indicated that his decision was not understood.
„Many people blamed me for this decision and I know many continue to do so. This is a fact and this is my responsibility,” he said, before defending his approach and criticizing MPs from the left and the far right who yesterday voted for a vote of no confidence in Barnier's government, which was ousted after three months in office. Macron accused them of having united in an “anti-republican front”.
„Why do these MPs act this way? They don't think about you, about your income, about your projects, they think about only one thing - about the presidential elections, to prepare them, to speed them up, and with cynicism and a certain sense of chaos, he noted.
Presidential elections are scheduled for 2027, but some politicians, especially on the extreme left, are calling for the head of state to resign - a hypothesis he rejects.
„The mandate that you democratically entrusted to me is for five years and I will exercise it fully until the end”, said the French president.
„I will never accept the irresponsibility of others, and in particular the parliamentarians who deliberately chose to bring down France's budget and government a few days before Christmas,” he added.