Well, in a democracy, it's the unfortunate task of the prime minister (and in the French case, the president who nominates her or him) to pass laws that are supported by a majority of elected MPs in parliament.

Barnier, of the centre right, never did a deal with the centre left and fell victim to Le Pen's irresponsible grandstanding on top of all that. Barnier was the wrong choice from the beginning.

Macron is now the least effective president in France since Pétain, a victim of his own arrogance.

I predicted here that Barnier won't last long as a successful PM needs to work with all the "moderate" factions of which there are many without encouraging the front national now hypocritically rebaptised "rassemblée nationale".

However, the largest block, the new popular front, should now cut its ties with the irresponsible LFI of Mélenchon and accept compromise with the centre right. The RN must n o t benefit, they're only in it for themselves.