Macron Ally calls on the French president to take off early

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One of the most important allies of Emmanuel Macron called on the French head of state to quit elections and contact the new presidential elections to end the country’s political crisis.

Speaking a day after the fourth government has collapsed since Macron called Snap elections last year, former Prime Minister Edward Philip urged the president to present the presidential competition to be held for 2027.

France He told RTL on Tuesday: “Another 18 months of this is very long,” he told RTL on Tuesday.

Philip served the position of Prime Minister during the first period of Macron and is widely seen as the main candidate facing the mantle of the middle bloc, although he is behind the right -wing patriotism in the polls.

He added that there was a “terrible danger” that the new parliamentary elections would not lead to the majority, which prolongs the political crisis in the country.

He was speaking like outgoing Prime Minister Sebastian Lecorno, where he started an attempt for 48 hours to find a political consensus and ignore the elections the next day to resign his office.

Macron was asked to lead Macron “final negotiations” on a “platform for work and stability”, with a final date on Wednesday evening.

The Prime Minister started the meeting with the party leaders on Tuesday morning. However, the chances of his success seem slim in the broken parliament without a clear majority and as former allies, such as the right -wing Republic of Les Republics, from the Macron Central Alliance in Parliament.

Philip Macron has called for a prime minister’s position capable of carrying out daily actions, but he announces that he will hold early presidential elections by simply agreeing on a budget for the next year.

Gabriel Atal, a former prime minister in the second Macron State, also distanced his teacher on Monday night. He said in TF1: “I no longer understand the president’s decisions,” he said in TF1.