Abstract Turmoil and gridlock have been two key features of 2024 in France. From a situation of minority government with no viable alternative, snap elections were called by President Macron. These elections resulted in a situation with no winner, all electoral blocks claiming victory, and none being able to form a government with a chance to survive. After a summer of Olympics and hesitations, a right‐wing‐oriented government emerged, building its strategy around the expected benevolence of the radical right Rassemblement National . The government proved one of the shortest‐lived ever, incapable of passing a budget for the country.
Bendjaballah et al. (Wed,) studied this question.