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Chaos, mess, circus, and grand bazaar. The words are strong in your newspapers this morning to describe the unprecedented political crisis we find ourselves in. The prime minister of missions, Sébastien Lecornu, has until tomorrow evening to find new compromises. So, how to succeed in 48 hours in what could not be done in 27 days? Faced with this chaos, the French are dismayed, as Linda Ué and Philippe Fontalba observed in Marseille. What a mess! Yes, what a mess! Oh, the madman! Yes! Mad! Yes, yes, yes. While newspaper front pages compete with expressions this morning, these Marseillais feel dejected by the political crisis affecting France. Circus! Well, yes, yes, we all agree on that. At the same time, it makes me laugh because I find it ridiculous. There, I tend to say that they are just painters, after all. And then, at the same time, it's worrying. Who will govern this? The cake is so good that they all want to take the biggest slice of the cake. But they are making a political mistake, these people. Almost €20 per kilo at the fishmongers' stalls in the old port, same observation. Some even admit to no longer understanding this soap opera, which they find particularly bad. One day it's white, the next day it's black. So you say, "What is happening? It's all and nothing." I don't know. I had confidence in Mr. Rota, but look, he said yesterday he wanted to resign, and today he wants to stay. What do you want us to think of these people? People judge us, can you imagine? We had the Olympic Games last year, and now we have ragpickers. Right next door, this student still believes in a way out of the crisis, in making sure that cohabitation goes well and not that each time we have to count, even though the French spoke during the legislative elections. Discuss, in fact, we need to sit around a table and make promises, in fact. While others approve of Édouard Philippe, who is calling for early presidential elections today. Do you want to go back to the polls? Oh yes! Oh yes, yes! Oh yes! I am for the polls. Yes. Citizens have the right to speak. To vote, while many Marseillais met this morning simply said they were no longer interested in politics at all. And Emmanuel Macron promises to take his responsibilities this morning. We began to mention it. Shocking statement from his first prime minister. Édouard Philippe is targeting him directly. So, is the head of state abandoned by his own camp? Let's review the latest hours with Noé Gandillot and Soline Cafin. Is a way out of the crisis still possible? Behind these walls of the Hôtel de Matignon, a last-ditch meeting was held this morning, involving Sébastien Lecornu and Édouard Philippe, among others. A little earlier, the man who was Emmanuel Macron's prime minister for 3 years made an unexpected proposal. It directly targets the head of state. He would honor himself if, for example, he proposed a name for Prime Minister, appointed a prime minister with the function of carrying out current affairs and building a budget, of getting this budget adopted, and then announced that he was organizing early presidential elections, without going so far as to demand Emmanuel Macron's resignation. Last night, on TF1, another former prime minister clearly distanced himself from the head of state. Like many French people, I no longer understand the decisions of the President of the Republic. There was the dissolution, and since then there have been decisions that give the impression of having kept control. The central bloc is cracking on all sides. To find supporters for the president this morning, one had to look among the macronist deputies of the first hour. The President of the Republic will not resign. So, is this center and right bloc, which is numerically larger than the others, capable at some point of succeeding in continuing to agree? On the right, the head of LR is not closing the door to a return to government but is setting a red line. No prime minister from the macronist ranks. The Republicans are ready to govern on one condition: that it be a government of what I would call cohabitation. This afternoon and tomorrow, Sébastien Lecornu continues his consultations, and a few minutes ago, Matignon announced the two priorities: the adoption of a budget and resolving the situation in New Caledonia. And at this moment, we are learning that Jordan Bardella and Marine Le Pen are declining Sébastien Lecornu's invitation. They will not go to Matignon. Considering, I quote, that these new negotiations no longer aim to preserve the interest of the French, but that of the president himself, they reiterate their demand for dissolution. This intensifying political crisis, in reality, we have been facing it for 16 months, since the dissolution in June 2024. 16 months of uncertainty and instability that weigh on us daily with direct consequences for many of us, whether we are farmers, small business owners, or local elected officials. Sylvain Mil, Théo Thomas, and Jean-Marie Bagayoko. He moves forward, but he doesn't really know how far. Jean-Pal, a winegrower, needs help, financial aid, especially subsidies promised for the maintenance of his farm. It's a struggle because it's the French government that will request crisis aid from the European Commission, and since we no longer have a minister, a resigning minister as they say, well, it's all bogged down, it's dragging on, and unfortunately, on the ground, we are dying, and we don't have time to, we don't have much time to drag on. Not only is the aid not arriving, but the boxes, the stocks of bottles are accumulating in his cellar, a little more than before. And in this fear of uncertainty, people consume less. People have less purchasing power or prefer to save because they don't know where they are going. Consumers, but also business leaders. At the other end of the country, in La Baule, about a hundred bosses are meeting today. The conversations are almost all on the same theme. For the past 24 hours, the feeling has been one of wasted time, and for a company, for an entrepreneur, for an industrialist, it's terrible. The political situation, beyond affecting the citizens we are, is paralyzing the French economy, and I think it will leave not necessarily large companies, but very likely many SMEs by the wayside. Because not only is the blockage increasing at the national level, but it does not encourage foreigners to invest in France. Consequences: less purchasing, less turnover, and above all, much less investment, whether it's American funds, funds from everywhere, well, everything is frozen, everyone is watching, and nothing is happening anymore. A status quo, that's what the mayor of Neuilly-sur-Marne, Zartochet Bactiari, is experiencing. The absence of a finance bill for 2026 worries him. State grants represent indeed 40% of his municipality's budget. It jeopardizes the positions of our staff in schools, in nurseries, our nurses, our municipal police, our street cleaning agents. It's essentially for an staff of 700 or 800 people, over 250 daily positions are in danger. For now, there is no question of reducing staff, but without a budget, future projects like the renovation of the city's school buildings are postponed. The primary question is also whether we will have a budget on time. At this stage, everything is frozen, and yet next Monday is the deadline to present a project to the Council of Ministers. Provided, of course, that we have a government. What does this mean exactly without the adoption of a budget by the end of the year? What will happen to our taxes, our pensions, our salaries? Tiffan Le Prou, F Laurence Couturon, and Philippe Verron. A 2026 budget voted before the end of the year, that is becoming seriously compromised. What would happen concretely for you and your taxes? First of all, I'm waiting to see what happens anyway because we hear all sorts of things. We'll clarify it for you, it's simple: no budget, no new tax calculation scale, and therefore no re-indexing of this scale to inflation. In short, if your salary has increased this year, you will pay more taxes than expected next year. I am ready to pay taxes to the extent requested, and then if we have to participate, we participate. This is exactly what happened last year following the fall of the Barnier government. But the vote of a new budget had canceled this tax increase. Nothing guarantees that a new government will do the same this year. The question many of you are asking: what about your pensions? Let's take the example of Janine, 82 years old. €2,000 pension per month. Without a budget, it is provided by law, her pension would be automatically re-indexed to inflation, meaning a few tens of euros more per month in her case, which she considers negligible. Come on, with your credit card, before, you could get €100 worth for the month, now €100 gets you 4 days. The wealthiest retirees who were targeted by previous governments would thus be spared. Could a new government reverse this revaluation? Unlikely. Theoretically, it could. In practice, it seems very difficult because it would mean that many retirees would see their pensions practically decrease, and we can see that politically, such a decision, given the current social climate, would be perilous. Finally, what about your salaries? For minimum wage employees, nothing would change. Budget or not, the revaluation following inflation is automatic. On the other hand, if you are a civil servant without a budget, it seems unlikely for now that your income will be increased next year.