Michel Barnier
In France, the government led by Michel Barnier has fallen within three months. On Wednesday, MPs voted against Prime Minister Michel Barnier and now he will have to submit his resignation to President Emmanuel Macron. For the first time in sixty years in France, the lower house of the National Assembly has passed a proposal to topple the government and approved a no-confidence motion. The no-confidence motion against the Barnier-led government was given by the hard left, but the right wing led by Marine Le Pen also fully supported it. A majority of 331 MPs in the 577-member House voted to remove the government.
Elections were held in France this summer, in which no single party got a clear majority. After this, Barnier was successful in forming the government, but within three months his government fell. Now President Emmanuel Macron faces the difficult choice of choosing a successor with more than two years left in his presidential term.
Barnier will submit resignation to Macron
The hard-left moved a no-confidence motion in the National Assembly amid a standoff over an austerity budget for next year. After discussion it was passed. Earlier on Monday, the Prime Minister had got the Social Security Financing Bill passed without voting. Speaker Yael Browne-Pivet confirmed that Barnier must now “submit his resignation” to Macron and declared the session closed.
Elections cannot be held for a year
Macron returned to Paris just before the vote after concluding a three-day state visit to Saudi Arabia. On Wednesday he walked on the desert sands of Al-Ula Oasis, a prestigious tourism project in the kingdom, and visited ancient sites. After coming back, they went straight to the Elysee Palace. On Tuesday, Macron had said that PEN’s party supporting the proposal was a very pessimistic attitude. According to the rules, after an election in France, no new elections can be held for the next one year, which will limit Macron’s options.
Suggestion to Macron to resign
Laurent Vauquiz, head of right-wing representatives in parliament, said that far-right and hard-left parties were responsible for the no-confidence motion, which would “lead the country towards instability.” Some have suggested that Macron himself should resign to break the impasse. But Macron rejected these calls, saying such a scenario amounted to a “political fantasy”. “Frankly, it is not appropriate to say such things,” Macron said during his visit to Saudi Arabia.
Civil servants announced strike
Hard-left lawmaker Eric Coquerel said the motion against Barnier is “the death knell of Emmanuel Macron’s mandate”. Markets are jittery and a sense of crisis is growing with fears of a public sector strike in France as cuts would close schools and disrupt air and rail transport. Unions have called on civil servants, including teachers and air traffic controllers, to strike on Thursday in protest against separate cost-cutting measures proposed by their respective ministries in the cold.
attempt to remove macros
Meanwhile, Macron is scheduled to host a major international event on Saturday to mark the reopening of Notre-Dame Cathedral after the 2019 fire, which will also include Donald Trump, who will be making his first foreign visit since being elected the next US president. Are on a trip. Some observers said Le Pen, 56, was trying to topple Macron before his term ended by removing Barnier.
These are the contenders to become Prime Minister
Le Pen is embroiled in a high-profile embezzlement trial. If he is found guilty in March, he could be barred from running in France’s next presidential election. But if Macron leaves office soon, elections will have to be held within a month. In this situation, elections will be held before the decision on her case comes and she will be able to contest the elections. There are very few candidates for prime minister, but loyal Defense Minister Sébastien Lecornu and Macron’s centrist ally Francois Bayrou are possible contenders.
Macron wants a new Prime Minister as soon as possible
Macron may turn to former Socialist prime minister and interior minister Bernard Cazeneuve. Many sources said that Macron wants to appoint a new Prime Minister as soon as possible. It was the first successful motion of no confidence since the defeat of the government of Georges Pompidou in 1962, when Charles de Gaulle was president. Barnier’s government has had the shortest tenure of any administration since the Fifth Republic began in 1958.
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