Overview

• Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu has submitted his resignation but is leading talks at the president’s request to test whether a governing platform can be formed by midweek.
• President Emmanuel Macron has no intention of stepping down during the crisis, government spokesperson Aurora Bergé said on TF1.
• National Rally leader Jordan Bardella called for dissolving the National Assembly and suggested Macron could be forced out if he refuses.
• Former prime minister Édouard Philippe proposed naming a caretaker premier to prepare the budget and then organizing early presidential elections, without demanding Macron’s immediate departure.
• Recent French media polls indicate a majority favors Macron leaving early, as Les Républicains’ Bruno Retailleau warned that a resignation would create a harmful precedent.