The government falls in France, the French Prime Minister resigns today
2024-12-05 12:46:55
TiranaPost
French Prime Minister Michel Barnier is expected to resign today after far-right and far-left lawmakers voted to topple his government, plunging France into its second major political crisis in six months.
Barnier, a veteran politician who was previously the European Union's Brexit negotiator, will be the shortest-lived prime minister in modern French history. No French government had lost a vote of confidence since Georges Pompidou in 1962.
With 331 votes in favor in a motion of no confidence, on the evening of December 4, the deputies in the National Assembly of France overthrew the government of Prime Minister Michel Barnier, which lasted only 3 months. French President Emmanuel Macron is expected to address the nation today at around 8:00 p.m.
Macron wants to speed up the appointment of the new prime minister to "not appear without a government in front of Trump, who will be in Paris for the reopening of Notre-Dame". The President has started consultations and two names are mentioned among the main candidates for the post of Prime Minister: the current Minister of Defense, Sébastien Lecornu, and the centrist leader François Bayrou.
