French Prime Minister Michel Barnier arrived on the Elysee Palace on Thursday morning at hand in his authorities’s resignation to President Emmanuel Macron after the federal government was overturned by a parliamentary no-confidence vote a day earlier.
On Wednesday night, a complete of 331 deputies of the French Nationwide Meeting, principally from the left-wing events alliance New Fashionable Entrance and the far-right occasion Nationwide Rally, voted in favor of a no-confidence vote, forcing Barnier to resign and his authorities to break down.
Missing a majority within the Nationwide Meeting, Barnier on Monday pressured by means of a social safety funds for 2025 with out a vote, which triggered the parliamentary censure.
Appointed three months in the past, Barnier might turn into essentially the most ephemeral prime minister. Earlier than him, parliamentary censure had solely been utilized in 1962 in opposition to the federal government of Georges Pompidou. ■
