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"France’s minority government led by right-wing Prime Minister Michel Barnier
has been ousted in a no-confidence vote, the latest shock to the country’s
deadlocked political system in a turbulent six months.
The no confidence vote was supported by an unlikely, sizeable coalition of
French MPs from the far left, left and far right.
The move comes after a Barnier government challenge to the French lower house,
the National Assembly. With the National Assembly not likely to support
Barnier’s proposed 2025 budget, the prime minister used his executive powers to
pass the measure into law without a parliamentary vote.
In response to the move, the two largest political groupings in the assembly,
the New Popular Front (left and far left) and the National Rally (far right),
proposed a vote of no confidence.
The two blocs represent a majority of the 577 MPs in the assembly, so they
easily had the votes to oust Barnier’s government.
The last successful vote of no confidence happened 62 years ago. Now, President
Emmanuel Macron must reckon with the latest challenge to his beleaguered
leadership: appointing a new prime minister who in turn will appoint a new
cabinet.
While the far left and far right would like to see Macron resign as well,
nothing so far indicates he would do this. His term ends in 2027."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
