Against the wall: France's president increasingly isolated as political crisis deepens

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Against the wall: France's president increasingly isolated as political crisis deepens  As outgoing Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu’s last-ditch 48-hour window to form a new government nears its end, France’s political class and citizens are bracing for the president’s next move.   READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/10/07/against-the-wall-frances-president-increasingly-isolated-as-political-crisis-deepens  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00Embattled French President Emmanuel Macron is facing mounting political pressure as outgoing

00:07Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu attempts one final round of negotiations to stave off

00:13a deepening political crisis. Lecornu proposed that discussions focus on two urgent matters,

00:20adopting a budget and the future of New Caledonia. He also confirmed he would meet each political

00:27party between Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning. The effort marks Macron's last-ditch

00:33attempts to keep the government functioning after Lecornu's resignation on Monday,

00:38just 27 days after taking office, the shortest tenure for a French Prime Minister in modern history.

00:45But key opposition figures on France's far right and far left have rejected the bid,

00:51and two of Macron's former Prime Ministers have now distanced themselves from him as well.

00:55The latest developments underline the president's increasingly isolated position even among his allies.

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