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00:00The Elysée has announced that the new Prime Minister will be named this Friday morning,
00:06a name disclosed presumably through a statement.
00:10It was expected for the name to be announced earlier,
00:14but it seems that President Macron needs more time possibly to consult those involved,
00:19possibly to speak one last time with the person he will be naming next Prime Minister of France.
00:26Still two strong contenders.
00:29First, Bernard Cazeneuve, a former Socialist Party member,
00:33especially a former Prime Minister under President Hollande,
00:38and he knows well Emmanuel Macron because Emmanuel Macron was at the time
00:42working with François Hollande, the Socialist President.
00:47Another strong contender is François Bayrou, a centrist figure,
00:51a close ally of President Emmanuel Macron.
00:56He, François Bayrou, was an education minister in the 90s under President Jacques Chirac.
01:02François Bayrou, a strong contender, a centrist figure,
01:06and that would not be a surprise if Emmanuel Macron chose him,
01:11but it would be sending the signal that he wants very much the next government to be a centrist one,
01:17and of course President Macron heads this centrist bloc, or at least it's his allies.
01:22And Clavis, talk us through some of the challenges the next Prime Minister will face.
01:29Well, the challenge is, the problem is for President Macron to find a Prime Minister
01:34who will get some kind of majority at the National Assembly,
01:37because that was what Michel Barnier was facing,
01:42and that's why he suffered that vote of no confidence,
01:46leading to the collapse of the French government.
01:49The next Prime Minister needs to get some kind of majority in order to pass a budget,
01:54to pass any kind of bill.
01:56The problem is, since the last snap elections, no single party holds an outright majority,
02:02and that's why there's a need for coalition building or getting some kind of compromise
02:08and initiate a dialogue between political parties.
02:12It's proving extremely difficult with the far right on the one hand,
02:16that has many MPs in Parliament,
02:19and that has, in a way, the fate of the government in its hands,
02:23unless some coalition is built, notably around the left wing,
02:28which has a lot of MPs,
02:30and that can help keep a government stable,
02:35and also a Prime Minister, of course.
02:38Clavis, thanks so much for bringing us in.