Nominating a prime minister will not be enough to resolve the current political crisis. Macron's pick will then have to survive a no-confidence vote in parliament.
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00:00Two months after the second round of the snap parliamentary elections, French President Emmanuel Macron still hasn't named the country's future prime minister.
00:09Currently, the parliament is divided into three blocks, the left-wing coalition, the NFP, Macron's centrist group, and the far-right National Rally.
00:18And they've made one thing clear, none of them want to form any sort of alliance with the other parties.
00:24He's in a dilemma and can't find someone that can rally enough votes to carry the assembly unifying basically the center.
00:34He can't find someone who can do that, so I think that's why he's gone through a number of different candidates.
00:40The future prime minister will have to survive a no-confidence vote in parliament.
00:44Multiple names have been circulating, including Bernard Cazeneuve, the former socialist prime minister under President François Hollande, or the conservative right-wing politician Xavier Bertrand.
00:55Another option, Thierry Baudet, a little-known civil servant and president of the French Economic, Social and Environmental Council.
01:03Emmanuel Macron has put himself in an obligation to find a prime minister who would immediately escape a motion of censure.
01:11Because if the one he chose was overthrown, it would be a failure that would be directly imputable to him.
01:18And so far, the names that have been proposed, the names that have been proposed, do not present this guarantee, not even to bring together a majority for, but to not bring together a majority against.
01:30And the equation is very complicated.
01:33Emmanuel Macron can't wait much longer. One crucial deadline is approaching. On October 1st, next year's budget plan must be presented to the National Assembly.
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