Although the office is still occupied by the resigned, whom Macron asked to continue together with his outgoing cabinet in their positions with basic functions, the political panorama lives a context of unusual crisis under the Fifth Republic, which began in 1958.

On July 16, Macron accepted the resigning of Attal and the ministers, after the officialism setbacks in the European elections of June and the legislative elections of June 30 and July 7, without appointing since then a replacement in Matignon, which the various opposition groups denounce.

The consultations of the last two weeks with parties and parliamentary leaders opened some hope for a way out of the crisis, which is quite complex in view of the risk of a motion of censure which could bring down the new government, given the variety of forces in the National Assembly, all far from an absolute majority (289 deputies).

However, the President ruled out the possibility of coming to power and cohabitation with the left-wing bloc New Popular Front, made up of insubordinates, socialists, ecologists and communists, an alliance which claims the right to govern, after having obtained the most seats (193) in the legislative elections.

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