As France enters the new year, there's little hope that the political and economic uncertainty that's been plaguing Paris for months will disappear in 2025.

Jean-Luc Mélenchon, leader of the radical Left party France Unbowed, has vowed to demand a vote of no-confidence as early as Jan 16, while polls show that nearly half (49 per cent) of French people are in favour of toppling Mr Bayrou’s government as well.

France’s President Emmanuel Macron admitted that his decision to hold parliamentary elections early caused instability in New Year’s Eve comments. “Lucidity and humility force [me] to

French President Emmanuel Macron has acknowledged in his New Year's address to the nation that his decision to dissolve parliament, casting France into a political crisis, backfired.

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday he recognised that his decision to call early parliamentary elections in June had created more political instability in the country, in a rare moment of contrition.

The decision to call early French parliamentary polls in the summer has caused greater political instability in the country, President Emmanuel Macron acknowledged in his New Year's Eve address. "Prudence and humility compel me to recognise that this decision has created more instability than peace at this point in time,