France government collapses again after prime minister forced out
France's government collapsed Wednesday after Prime Minister Michel Barnier was forced out in a no-confidence vote in Parliament, reigniting a summertime political crisis for the country as it prepares to face a new year.
Goodbye, Barnier: France’s Prime Minister Loses a No-Confidence Vote and Government Falls, Throwing the Country Into Chaos
President Macron due to address the nation as the minority government led by his hand-picked premier is toppled.
French government falls after Macron’s PM loses vote
France’s government fell after MPs voted to oust prime minister Michel Barnier’s administration and plunge the country into fresh political turmoil and without a budget.
Emmanuel Macron loses another prime minister
Mr Macron seems to want to appoint a successor swiftly. He needs a new team in order to use special measures to roll over this year’s budget provisions, without inflation adjustments, into 2025. Various veteran centrists or conservatives could be stop-gap options.
France’s prime minister likely to be ousted in no-confidence vote, deepening country’s crisis
French lawmakers will vote Wednesday on a no-confidence motion that is widely expected to oust the government of Prime Minister Michel Barnier, as the country grapples with a deepening political crisis and massive budget deficit.
Why France’s spiralling deficit could bring down Macron’s government
France is facing the prospect of the collapse of its government amid a row over how to tackle the country’s large budget deficit.
France’s parliament fires the prime minister
The government was sacked by parliament on December 4th. Its prime minister, Michel Barnier, had tried to force through his budget for 2025 two days earlier, but met the brutal reality of life without a majority and became the shortest-lived prime minister of the Fifth Republic.
France’s Prime Minister Loses No-Confidence Vote and Is Expected to Resign
Prime Minister Michel Barnier will most likely remain as a caretaker until a replacement is named. But the vote could further unsettle credit markets and create a wider opening for the far right.
What does France’s latest political crisis mean for Macron and the country?
If the vote passes, Mr Barnier, who has been in the job for less than three months, will have to tender his resignation and that of his government to President Emmanuel Macron, who ushered in the crisis by calling a snap election in June.
No-confidence vote draws France into new political crisis
France headed into a new political crisis Tuesday as opposition lawmakers threatened to topple the minority government of Prime Minister Michel Barnier in a no-confidence vote after just three months
France risks fresh political crisis in no-confidence vote
France on Tuesday braced for new political turmoil as opposition lawmakers prepared to back a no-confidence motion this week that risks toppling the government of Prime Minister Michel Barnier after
Emmanuel Macron’s Wager Pays Off for Marine Le Pen
The government’s collapse leaves the right-wing populist with her best shot at the French presidency.
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