Summary
Macron appointed his long-time ally François Bayrou as Prime Minister — France's fourth in less than a year. Bayrou's cross-party reputation offered marginal hope of survival, but his government immediately faced no-confidence threats from both left and right, and no clearer path to passing a budget.
Bayrou's profile, his relationship with Macron, and the immediate no-confidence threats he faces.
Constitutional analysis of whether France's political institutions can function in three-bloc deadlock.
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