In a bid to make sure the following head of presidency lasts longer than Barnier, Macron has tried to hunt a compromise with opposition forces in France’s fractured legislature.
The main candidates talked about in French media each come from Macron’s camp — former Industry Minister Roland Lescure and centrist grandee François Bayrou.
It isn’t clear, nonetheless, how a brand new prime minister allied with Macron, whose allies don’t maintain a majority in parliament, would be capable of shore up sufficient help to remain in place.