Thirty-nine days after the dissolution, France was left with the same president of the National Assembly, the same prime minister in office and of course the same president: “tout ça pour ça!” Macron may well consider the current predicament as the validation of his initial bet: the far right is kept out of government, the far left is destroying the NFP and the Social Democrats might be up for grabs. But at what a price!
Author: Christine Ockrent, journalist and writer, and member of the CER’s advisory board.
This article is available on the Centre for European Reform website.
