French Government Faces Collapse as No-Confidence Vote Looms
- French Prime Minister Michel Barnier faces a no-confidence motion which could lead to his government's collapse due to opposition from far-right and left-wing parties.
- The far-right National Rally, led by Marine Le Pen, and Luc Melenchon’s left-wing bloc warned they would support the motion against Barnier.
- If successful, this no-confidence motion would mark the first government fall in France since 1962, during Charles de Gaulle's presidency.
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French Prime Minister Michel Barnier faces a critical vote of no confidence tomorrow (Dec. 4) after invoking Article 49.3 to pass a controversial 2025 austerity budget without parliamentary approval. The move, designed to address France's soaring deficit with $42 billion in spending cuts and $21 billion in tax hikes, has polarized the fractured National Assembly. Marine Le Pen's National Rally and the leftist New Popular Front have united in opp…
French Political Turmoil: Barnier's Government Faces Historic No-Confidence Vote
French Political Turmoil: Barnier's Government Faces Historic No-Confidence Vote French lawmakers are poised to vote on no-confidence motions set to dismantle Prime Minister Michel Barnier's fragile coalition, intensifying a political crisis in France, Europe's second-largest economy. Barring unexpected developments, Barnier's government faces a historic ouster as the first to fall to a no-confidence vote in over six decades.The debate kicks of…
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