5m ago
19.28 GMT
French
government toppled after losing no-confidence vote
The
minority government of Michel Barbier has lost a no-confidence vote 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 favour of the motion presented by the leftist NFP alliance,
with a majority of 288 needed to force the government out of office.
Barnier,
a veteran conservative who has held the post of prime minister for barely three
months, is now obliged to tender his resignation, and that of his government,
to the president, Emmanuel Macron.
The
result deepens France’s political crisis and marks a significant blow for 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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