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January 1, 2025 10:18
france - French President Emmanuel Macron has announced a political solution to the government crises in the country by planning to hold referendums on critical issues in 2025.
French President Emmanuel Macron has embarked on a search for a political solution to the government crises in his country. Macron announced that as a solution, he will resort to the opinions of the public by holding referendums on critical issues in 2025. President Macron of France stated that he will take 'some important issues' to a referendum in 2025.
In a video message released for the New Year, Macron acknowledged that the decision to dissolve the parliament in June brought 'instability rather than salvation' to the country, creating more division in the Parliament among the French people rather than providing a solution.
Having lost the majority in the National Assembly after the elections in June, Macron, who changed 4 Prime Ministers in the last year in response to the political impasse in his country, indicated the path of a referendum.
Macron used the expression, 'We have decisions to make for our economy, democracy, security, and our children. We will continue to make decisions in 2025, and we will ask you to make decisions on some of these important issues,'
Referring to the conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East, Macron advocated that Europe should leave behind the 'naivety' especially in the fields of agriculture and trade in this political conjuncture.
Emphasizing that these conflicts are not far from them, Macron highlighted the need to continue investments for national armament.
With no party or alliance in the National Assembly having enough seats to form a government on its own and with the three major political blocs in the Parliament unwilling to compromise with each other, making decisions on many issues including the 2025 budget difficult, Macron is trying to overcome this deadlock by seeking the opinion of the public.
Three months after the June elections in France, the centrist minority government led by Michel Barnier, which lasted only 3 months in office, was ousted by the opposition's motion of no confidence. There was disagreement between the Barnier government and the opposition on the 2025 budget. Macron appointed another centrist, François Bayrou, as Prime Minister on December 13.
The winner of the election is from the left bloc, and no one from the extreme right is represented in the largest political party in the Parliament, which is believed to consist of 'the losers' of the election, the centrist bloc. The new minority government is not expected to be long-lasting.
In debt-ridden France, where the 2025 budget has not yet been passed by the parliament due to the political crises, the ousted government had presented a special budget bill to the parliament to prevent a possible 'shutdown'.