Three-month-old government of Michel Barnier could be felled by combined vote from parties of left and far right over controversial budget
President Emmanuel Macron, on his way back from a presidential visit to Saudi Arabia earlier on Wednesday and under pressure from both leftist and far-right MPs to step down, said talk of him potentially resigning was “make-believe politics”.
Macron told reporters that he was “here because I’ve been elected twice by the French people,” adding: “We must not scare people with such things. We have a strong economy.”
The leader of the mainstream centre-left Socialist party (PS), part of the leftist NFP alliance, told Le Monde that Macron needed to make his futire intentions clear if the Barnier government does indeed fall.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/dec/04/france-government-vote-no-confidence-barnier-lepen-europe-live
Author : Guardian international staff
Publish date : 2024-12-04 15:19:04
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