The government falls in France

2024-12-04 20:36:10Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
The government falls in France
Michel Barnier

The French government fell after losing a vote of no confidence.

The minority government of Prime Minister Michel Barnier has lost a vote of no confidence in parliament, making it the first administration to be ousted in such a way since 1962 and the shortest-lived government of the Fifth Republic.

A total of 331 MPs voted in favor of the motion tabled by the leftist NFP alliance, with a majority of 288 needed to topple the government.

Barnier, who has been in office for almost three months, is now forced to submit his resignation and that of his government to President Emmanuel Macron.

The result deepens France's political crisis and marks a significant blow to the European Union at a time when Germany is also mired in a parliamentary election campaign until February and weeks before Donald Trump returns to the White House.


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