PARIS — The Bureau of France’s National Assembly on Wednesday rejected a motion to impeach President Emmanuel Macron, ruling the proposal “inadmissible,” according to French broadcaster BFMTV.

The motion was submitted by lawmakers from the far-left France Unbowed (LFI) party and several Green deputies, who accused Macron of being responsible for France’s ongoing political crisis.

However, the initiative failed to pass the first procedural hurdle, as the Assembly’s Bureau must approve any impeachment motion before it can advance to a formal debate or vote.

LFI national coordinator Manuel Bompard said on X that left-wing members voted in favor of the motion, while deputies from Macron’s centrist Renaissance party and the conservative Republicans opposed it. Lawmakers from the far-right National Rally abstained.

“Le Pen saves Macron again,” Bompard wrote, criticizing the far-right’s abstention as a move that ultimately benefited the president.

Earlier this year, 104 opposition lawmakers had called for Macron’s impeachment, blaming him for the political paralysis that followed his 2024 decision to dissolve parliament and call early elections.

The snap polls resulted in a divided National Assembly, plunging France into months of political turmoil that saw the appointment — and subsequent resignation — of three prime ministers in less than a year. The most recent, Sebastien Lecornu, stepped down on Oct. 6 amid ongoing budget disputes and instability. — Agencies