‘Resigned to Failure?’ Bayrou’s ‘doomed gamble’ harks back to Macron's 2024 snap elections fallout

In a dramatic turn that exposed the unraveling of France’s political center, Prime Minister François Bayrou resigned after a humiliating defeat in a no-confidence vote he had called himself. The self-inflicted collapse deepens the crisis engulfing President Emmanuel Macron, now forced to name his seventh prime minister, a sign of growing dysfunction in the Fifth Republic. For deeper insight into the turmoil, Eve Irvine welcomes Olivier Guyottot, Researcher and Professor of Policy at INSEEC Grande École Bordeaux.

Sep 9, 2025 - 21:00
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‘Resigned to Failure?’ Bayrou’s ‘doomed gamble’ harks back to Macron's 2024 snap elections fallout
In a dramatic turn that exposed the unraveling of France’s political center, Prime Minister François Bayrou resigned after a humiliating defeat in a no-confidence vote he had called himself. The self-inflicted collapse deepens the crisis engulfing President Emmanuel Macron, now forced to name his seventh prime minister, a sign of growing dysfunction in the Fifth Republic. For deeper insight into the turmoil, Eve Irvine welcomes Olivier Guyottot, Researcher and Professor of Policy at INSEEC Grande École Bordeaux.

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