Le Pen demands snap elections after Macron’s PM resignation
France’s political chaos reached new heights today as Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu resigned just hours after unveiling his Cabinet, plunging Macron’s faltering regime into further turmoil.
In the wake of this collapse, Marine Le Pen wasted no time demanding a reset. She insists only one solution can restore legitimacy: dissolve the National Assembly and hold new elections — immediately.
Lecornu’s resignation: a spectacular failure
Lecornu’s stint as Prime Minister was the shortest in the history of France’s Fifth Republic — barely 27 days in office.
His fall came after he announced a government lineup that enraged key conservative allies, particularly over the appointment of Bruno Le Maire to Defense — a move many saw as a betrayal of promises to break with Macron’s old guard.
The resignation underscores a broader reality: Macron’s centrist experiment is collapsing. No coalition can hold. No reforms can pass. The elites are losing control.
Le Pen’s demand: elections now
From the moment Lecornu stepped down, Le Pen pushed for a full political reset:
“We have reached the end of the road … The only wise course of action in these circumstances is to return to the polls,” she said.
Le Pen frames this moment not as disruption, but as opportunity. The crisis reveals what many already sensed: Macron’s mandate is dead, and the so-called “center” can no longer govern without covering up for its failures.
She insists that waiting, negotiating, or reshuffling is pointless. Only fresh elections can reestablish political legitimacy and let voters choose a government that actually represents France — not technocrats, not globalist elites.
Why this matters for conservatives
- Legitimacy is gone: Macron’s regime, already reeling from electoral defeats and mass discontent, now presides over a constitutional vacuum.
- The center is exhausted: Repeated collapses show that technocratic centrism is bankrupt. It cannot win, it cannot govern, it cannot deliver.
- Le Pen’s moment looms: As Macron flounders, the National Rally stands poised to claim leadership in a country yearning for order, identity, and sovereignty.
This is not just another crisis. It is a turning point. The old politics — centrism, illusionary compromise, reliance on Brussels — is dying. France’s future will be decided not by backroom deals, but by the will of the people.
Le Pen’s call for elections is more than tactic. It is her moment to offer a true alternative: a France led by national, Christian, and conservative values — not by the shallow promises of a collapsing center.
