Editorial: Liberation

• Emmanuel Macron, having accepted Michel Barnier's resignation, indicates he will seek a replacement quickly but will not announce a name until 'the next few days'.
• Macron tries to offer calm and reassurance to the French people despite the crisis and instability, assuring that 'the continuity of the State' is guaranteed.
• Macron faces the reflection of his own failure, with the enormous decision of appointing a Prime Minister with extreme right-wing tendencies, or choosing someone capable of mediation with the left, centre and republican right.

Conclusion: Macron's political situation is in crisis, finding himself at a crucial crossroads with respect to the appointment of the next Prime Minister and having generated great unrest and mistrust in the country.

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