アメリカ民主主義さんの おぼえた日記 - 2024年12月13日(金)

＜BBCニュース12月13日＞
Macron names centrist Bayrou as French PM in bid to end political instability
マクロン大統領　政治的な不安定に終止符を打つために中道派のバイル氏を首相に指名

◎要旨
73歳のバイル氏は南西部出身で中道右派の党首である。彼は指名に先立ちマクロン大統領と2時間の会談を行った。フランスではバルニエ首相の政権が3ヶ月しか続かず、9日前に辞職した。この状況に対して、フランスの61%が憂慮しているという。
President Emmanuel Macron has named centrist leader François Bayrou as France's next prime minister, in a bid to end months of political turmoil.

Bayrou, 73, is a mayor from the southwest and leads the MoDem party. Ahead of the announcement, he spent almost two hours with the president, in talks described as tense by French media.

He is seen by Macron's entourage as a potential consensus candidate and his task will be to avoid the fate of his predecessor. Ex-Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier lasted just three months and was ousted by MPs nine days ago.

Macron is half-way through his second term as president and Bayrou will be his fourth prime minister this year.

French politics has been deadlocked ever since Macron called snap parliamentary elections during the summer and an opinion poll for BFMTV on Thursday suggested 61% of French voters were worried by the political situation.

Although a succession of allies lined up to praise Bayrou's appointment, Socialist regional leader Carole Dega said the whole process had become a "bad movie". Far-left France Unbowed leader Manuel Bompard complained of a "pathetic spectacle".

President Macron has vowed to remain in office until his second term ends in 2027, despite Barnier's downfall last week.

◎私見
藤井竜王が竜王戦で佐々木八段を下し、竜王の座を守った。一時は不調説もあったが、実は対戦相手に研究された結果だともいえる。AIで事前準備をして、藤井七冠が知らないが自分だけが事前に準備した局面に持ち込み、負かせてしまう作戦である。
これに対して、藤井七冠は、どんな研究でも受けて立つ。だから、相手が研究をした形から外れると地力を活かして勝利を収める。
竜王戦第6局もそんな展開だったと思うが、素人には何が悪かったのか、さっぱりわからない。週末に解説を聞いみるつもりだが、聞いてもわからないような気もする。