‘Twilight’ of his presidency: ‘Macron has painted himself into a corner from which he can’t escape’

As France’s far-right National Rally threatens to force the collapse of PM Michel Barnier’s government, save for a « last minute miracle », FRANCE 24’s Genie Godula welcomes Paul Smith, Associate Professor in French History and Politics at the University of Nottingham. While Professor Smith asserts that « Le Pen is provoking a crisis to deflect attention » from her own legal woes, he lays the blame squarely on Macron: « It’s very much his fault for calling for the dissolution in the first place. »