French no-confidence motion: Is PM Barnier’s government about to fall?
Al Jazeera
French lawmakers introduced a vote of no-confidence against MIchel Barnier’s administration over a budget dispute.
French government led by right-wing Prime Minister Michel Barnier is on the brink of collapse after opposition parties announced a push for a vote of no confidence over a social security budget dispute.
Barnier’s decision to force through budget measures without a vote has infuriated both France’s left and the far-right parties.
Barnier, the EU’s former Brexit negotiator was personally appointed by President Emmanuel Macron as the prime minister in September after a snap election in July resulted in a hung parliament. The 73-year-old leader has been heading a minority government.
French lawmakers will put forward two no-confidence motions on Wednesday. A no-confidence vote would throw France into political chaos for the second time this year.
In recent days, French parliamentarians from the country’s far-right National Rally (RN) and left-wing alliance New Popular Front (NFP) have been pressuring Barnier to make concessions to his administration’s social security budget for 2025.
