Refractory Gauls, or the French politics thread

[Duque de Bragança]

The next move is Belgium. Caretaker gvt until new parliamentary elections.

Scheduled for 2029...

Might not be a bad thing in this case...

New PM is Lecornu, rumored to be so before Bayrou managed to get the post for himself.
Former LR, but now in Macron's rump party.

[HVC]

Hardly a surprise.
He was doomed by autumn, anyways.
That vote of (no) confidence just rushed the process.

Why would anyone want to be a French PM at this point? Wasn't he the fourth one?

Yep. He outlasted the previous one, Michel Barnier, however.

What's the next move?
Taxing the ultra rich having 150 000 euros net worth and above to please the far left?
Striking a deal with the disgraced LePen?
Declaring himself Emperor and arrest the hardliners?

Theres got to be a few Bourbon's roaming about. Pick one. Preferably named Louis

[Solmyr]

Hardly a surprise.
He was doomed by autumn, anyways.
That vote of (no) confidence just rushed the process.

Why would anyone want to be a French PM at this point? Wasn't he the fourth one?

Yep. He outlasted the previous one, Michel Barnier, however.

What's the next move?
Taxing the ultra rich having 150 000 euros net worth and above to please the far left?
Striking a deal with the disgraced LePen?
Declaring himself Emperor and arrest the hardliners?

Theres got to be a few Bourbon's roaming about. Pick one. Preferably named Louis

They should really get back to being named Henri, it's how they started.

[celedhring]

6th Republic? Come on, you know the fifth has lasted too long for French standards.

Also, please tell me that Lecornu doesn't mean kind and sensitive person in French.

[HVC]

Horned i think. With le it'd be the horned... so yeah, one of his ancestors  probably was a cuckold

[HVC]

Hardly a surprise.
He was doomed by autumn, anyways.
That vote of (no) confidence just rushed the process.

Why would anyone want to be a French PM at this point? Wasn't he the fourth one?

Yep. He outlasted the previous one, Michel Barnier, however.

What's the next move?
Taxing the ultra rich having 150 000 euros net worth and above to please the far left?
Striking a deal with the disgraced LePen?
Declaring himself Emperor and arrest the hardliners?

Theres got to be a few Bourbon's roaming about. Pick one. Preferably named Louis

They should really get back to being named Henri, it's how they started.

They lost the henry rights to England, I'm afraid.

[Valmy]

They lost the henry rights to England, I'm afraid.

Henri IV reigned after the last English Henry was rotting...err...was dead.

[Savonarola]

Macrons to offer 'scientific evidence' to US court to prove Brigitte is a woman, lawyer says

They're suing Candace Owen for claiming that Brigitte Macron is a biological male.  What caught my eye was near the end:

Ms Owens, a former commentator for conservative US outlet Daily Wire who has millions of followers on social media, has repeatedly promoted her view that Brigitte Macron is a man.

In March 2024, she claimed she would stake her "entire professional reputation" on the allegation.

"The entire professional reputation of Candace Owen" sounds like it should be a proverbial phrase meaning something worthless.

[Oexmelin]

Cue for Duque to comment on Brigitte Macron's age.

[HVC]

Cue for Duque to comment on Brigitte Macron's age.

Learned today that macron is the youngest in his immediate family, including his step kids

[Duque de Bragança]

Cue for Duque to comment on Brigitte Macron's age.

Nope, it's been done to death and boring now.

[Duque de Bragança]

6th Republic? Come on, you know the fifth has lasted too long for French standards.

Also, please tell me that Lecornu doesn't mean kind and sensitive person in French.

All right, I won't tell it then.
The word you might be looking for is candaule.

[Duque de Bragança]

Cue for Duque to comment on Brigitte Macron's age.

Learned today that macron is the youngest in his immediate family, including his step kids

One of Brigitte's sons is actually older than Zupiter yet calls him Dad.

[HVC]

Looks like Sarkozy is going to jail.

[Zoupa]

Le Pen shitting her pants over it lol.