The problem here is that the far left (LFI) and far right (RN) are both strong, but neither make a majority by far.

In the middle is Macron's party, that everyone hates, but against any other party, he wins, as the majority doesn't want either the far left or the far right to pass.

NFP is a left party alliance, including the moderate left (PS), made necessary because no party in the alliance could win by itself, but they don't really like each other.

It means that it can't be anything but a mess, and I am convinced that that's part of Macron's strategy, as he can only win by default.

I think that presidential election will be fun, as Macron can't be reelected and there is a huge gap to claim.

Everyone in France know that the NFP has no chance to even dream of ruling the country.

It's a conglomerate of far left, left and ecologist. Each one hate the other two, they did it for the election to be able to have only one candidate per location.

As soon as it was over, the NFP died and now the NFP is just the far left.

The far left has absolutely no chance to even dream of ruling France. They got a minority of highly motivated follower but the remaining of France population hate them.

Latest poll : https://x.com/IfopOpinion/status/1972701482156724327/photo/1

Far left is 13% top, far right is 35%.

You don't rule a country with 13% of the people supporting the party, at least not in France. Soviet republics ? yes.

The legislature hasn’t collapsed - parliamentarians still have their position. There is no stable government able to command a majority. If a government can’t command a majority of a legislature, it can’t legislate, so it can’t meaningfully govern. You could proceed bill by bill, but that’s a different kind of instability.

Isn't that essentially the definition of a parliamentary government? That would be a MAJOR change to the constitution, I'd imagine. Googling... France is on its 15th constitution, and 5th "Republic", so... I guess it's not as big a deal as I thought.

Frankly, America's 3-house, fixed-term system works, except when a demagogue controls the legislative branch (it works until it doesn't). Term-limited presidency is frighteningly obviously important.

France's executive branch is still not failing as well as Italy, but they're giving it every try at least.

The French 5th republic (~= constitution v5) places stability above debate and compromise. Or at least that's what they were going for when the 4th republic was scrapped.