Key allies of Emmanuel Macron are heaping pressure on the French president to name a new prime minister quickly, with time running short to pass a stopgap spending bill before the end of the year.
Francois Bayrou, a veteran centrist politician who¡¯s been cited as a possible premier, warned over the weekend that ¡°we can¡¯t continue like this.¡± Yael Braun-Pivet, the head of the National Assembly and a member of Macron¡¯s party, called on the president during a Sunday radio show to name a new prime minister ¡°in the next few hours.¡±
The sense of urgency comes days after Marine Le Pen¡¯s far-right National Rally joined a left-wing coalition to topple the government, leaving France¡¯s political system in disarray. Macron said he would name a new premier in the ¡°coming days¡± who would then pass an extraordinary spending bill before mid-December to keep the country running.
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