French President Macron Under Pressure To Call Snap Parliamentary Polls Or Resign

Last Updated:October 08, 2025, 00:19 IST

President Emmanuel Macron faces mounting pressure to call snap elections or resign after Sebastien Lecornu quit as PM, deepening France’s political crisis since the 2024 election

French President Emmanuel Macron (AP)

Day after newly appointed French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu stepped down just weeks after taking office, President Emmanuel Macron is now under pressure to either call snap parliamentary elections or resign as his former allies joined his opponents in demanding action to end the political crisis in the country.

According to a report by The Guardian, Macron’s first prime minister on Tuesday as asking the President to step down amid mounting frustration even within Macron’s own camp over one of the worst spells of political chaos in France since the foundation of its Fifth Republic in 1958.

Former Prime Minister Édouard Philippe said Macron should announce an early presidential election once a budget for next year was adopted.

“Time is of the essence. We are not going to prolong what we have been experiencing for the past six months. Another 18 months is far too long and it is damaging France. The political game we are playing today is distressing,” he said.

Echoing similar views, France’s youngest-ever PM Gabriel Attal said that after having five PMs in under two years it was “time to try something else”, criticising what he called Macron’s “determination to keep control”.

The calls intensified after outgoing prime minister, Sébastien Lecornu, who was appointed only 28 days ago, resigned with his 14-hour-old cabinet on Monday but was asked by Macron to hold last-ditch talks with party leaders to try to rally support.

However, Macron has repeatedly said he will not resign before the end of his mandate in 2027.

Far-right RN president Jordan Bardella on Tuesday said: ““I call on the president of the republic to hear the suffering in the country, to come out of his isolation, and to dissolve the national assembly. We must go back to the French people so they can choose a majority for themselves.”

According to The Guardian, France has been in political crisis for more than a year since the 2024 election – called in response to far-right successes in the European parliamentary elections that year – produced a parliament divided between three more or less equal blocs: the left, far right and Macron’s own centre-right alliance, with no majority.

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