Political tensions within France are on the rise. After the Summer Olympics, this situation is accentuated. The main discontent is with President Emmanuel Macron and his team. The president has become the most important, even the number one, problem in France, and discontent has reached its peak. The fact that more than 80 MPs signed a resolution to remove the French president from power caused a shock effect in the country. The authors of the document suggest initiating impeachment proceedings against the president. 214,000 signatures have already been collected on this document. The document was signed by 81 MPs from the left-wing bloc “New Popular Front”. Most of these MPs belong to the “France indomitable” faction. The authors of the resolution want parliament to initiate impeachment proceedings against Macron. The MPs do not agree with Macron’s refusal to appoint a prime minister from the coalition that won the elections on 7 July. In addition to 72 members of the “La France insoumise” group, several environmentalists and members of the “Democrats and Republicans of the Left” group from Réunion signed the motion for a resolution.
According to Article 68 of the Constitution, a motion for impeachment can be proposed if it is signed by one-tenth of the deputies, i.e. 58 members of the elected parliament. The procedure must then go through the Bureau of the National Assembly, which will check whether the proposal is admissible. Mr Barnier’s candidacy did not please either the left or the right. Attali, 25, was replaced by Barnier, 73, who is the oldest prime minister in French history. According to local experts, the appointment of Barnier as prime minister will make parliament ungovernable. The right-wing representative, Le Pen, has already declared that her representatives will not be included in the new government.
It should be noted that on July 16, French President Emmanuel Macron accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Gabriel Attal and his government. Yesterday, former Foreign Minister Michel Barnier was appointed as the new Prime Minister of France. And so, after more than 50 days of waiting, President Emmanuel Macron, as demanded by the political left, appointed a prime minister. He belongs to the right-wing Republicans (LR) party. Barnier served as a minister in several government cabinets, under Presidents François Mitterrand, Jacques Chirac and Nicolas Sarkozy. In 2019, as a representative of the EU, he negotiated Brexit with the UK government. It should be noted that this is the fourth prime minister appointed in Emmanuel Macron’s second term.
But will the new prime minister be able to save the Macron government from these misfortunes? It does not sound convincing. The fact is that Barnier, like previous prime ministers, is under the influence of the Armenian lobby and is financed by it. The territorial integrity and sovereignty of countries are not important to him. For example, according to information obtained by “Report”, the newly appointed Prime Minister of France made an illegal visit to Azerbaijan in 2021. On that occasion, Mr. Barnier visited together with French presidential candidate Valery Pekres the regions where Armenian separatists are located in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan. The visit took place on December 21-23, 2021. Mr. Barnier, who made an illegal visit to the Karabakh region of Azerbaijan, shared V. Pekres’ statements against Azerbaijan. Those who illegally visited the Karabakh region called for the dismissal of the Azerbaijani ambassador and the imposition of sanctions against official Baku.
Given Mr Barnier’s previous position and actions, it can be assumed that this decision by an anti-Azerbaijani president like Macron will lower relations between the two countries to a lower level.
Long-standing phobias in Paris have turned into another anti-Azerbaijani campaign. For the last time, the French Ministry of European and Foreign Affairs warned the French against visiting Azerbaijan. Allegedly, there are “risks of unjustified detention and unfair trial.” Official Baku gave an unequivocal and decisive response to Paris. The head of the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Aykhan Hajizade, stated: “We strongly condemn the strict travel warning issued by the French Ministry of European and Foreign Affairs regarding visiting Azerbaijan and point out the unfounded accusations of the alleged detention and persecution of French citizens in Azerbaijan as the reason for this. These unfounded and biased decisions and statements by France indicate the country’s intention to further strain relations with Azerbaijan.”
It should be noted that so far only two citizens of the French Republic have been detained in Azerbaijan. These are Martin Ryan, arrested on December 4 last year on suspicion of having committed the act provided for in Article 276 (espionage) of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan, and secretary Theo Hugo, detained for his actions in the Baku metro.
As you can see, the imagination of French officials is limitless and is getting richer all the time. The latest provocative insinuations about Azerbaijan are, in any case, connected with the fact that the victims of French colonialism are increasingly placing their hopes for freedom and independence in Baku. It seems to be no coincidence that the French Ministry made this statement after an international conference on the situation on the French-occupied island of Mayotte was held in the Azerbaijani capital.
In that case, this unfounded warning can be considered as a small and cheap “revenge” from Paris.
After all, it was Azerbaijan that first extended a helping hand to the oppressed peoples of French colonies and drew the attention of the entire international community to unpleasant events that have no place in the modern world.
There is therefore every reason to say that the new French Prime Minister will support separatism, based on principles such as interference in the internal affairs of countries.
Information Agency “Report”
