{"id":189188,"date":"2024-12-05T18:47:06","date_gmt":"2024-12-05T18:47:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/05\/french-pm-michel-barnier-resigns-after-losing-no-confidence-vote\/"},"modified":"2024-12-05T18:47:07","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T18:47:07","slug":"french-pm-michel-barnier-resigns-after-losing-no-confidence-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/05\/french-pm-michel-barnier-resigns-after-losing-no-confidence-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"French PM Michel Barnier resigns after losing no-confidence vote"},"content":{"rendered":"
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French Prime Minister Michel Barnier has resigned after losing a vote of no confidence just three months into the job.<\/p>\n

Mr Barnier visited President Emmanuel Macron<\/a><\/strong> at the Elysee on Thursday to give his resignation after far-right and left-wing politicians joined forces<\/a><\/strong> to back a no-confidence motion in him and his government.<\/p>\n

The vote took place after Mr Barnier, formerly the EU’s chief Brexit<\/a> <\/strong>negotiator, used special powers to force a social security budget through the country’s lower house of parliament without a final vote.<\/p>\n

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The 73-year-old’s ousting marks the first time a French<\/strong><\/a> government has lost a confidence vote since 1962.<\/p>\n

It also makes Mr Barnier the shortest-serving prime minister in the country’s modern history.<\/p>\n

His resignation letter to the president, published by French media, was succinct.<\/p>\n

He wrote to Mr Macron: “Since the assembly has adopted a no-confidence motion, I have the honour of submitting the resignation of the government.<\/p>\n

“Please accept, Mr President of the Republic, the assurance of my deepest respect.”<\/p>\n

Mr Barnier and his government will stay on in a caretaker capacity until a new prime minister is nominated, the Elysee said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Pressure is expected to mount on Mr Macron to resign as he has been heavily criticised for calling parliamentary elections<\/a><\/strong> in the summer that led to a hung parliament. His presidential term ends in 2027.<\/p>\n

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The French parliament was left in a fractured state by the vote, with the left-wing Popular Front alliance winning the most seats – 193 – but far from the 289 needed for a majority.<\/p>\n

Infighting among the Popular Front, which consists of seven parties, led to them being unable to agree on a candidate for prime minister.<\/p>\n

Mr Macron’s centrist Ensemble alliance, which came second in the election, built a loose coalition with right-wing politicians, in particular the Republicans, of which Mr Barnier was a member and who the far-right National Rally had said they could work with.<\/p>\n

But the Popular Front and National Rally came together to bring down Mr Barnier yesterday.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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