PARIS (AP) — France’s minority government appeared to be in its final hours Tuesday as opposition lawmakers from the left and the far right vowed to topple Prime Minister Michel Barnier’s Cabinet.
A no-confidence vote is scheduled Wednesday in parliament in the wake of a divisive budget debate, with a strong chance of being successful.
If the motion passes, Barnier’s Cabinet would be the shortest-lived government in France’s modern history, marking an unprecedented period of political instability.
President Emmanuel Macron would be in charge of appointing a new prime minister.
Why is the situation so volatile?
Following the June-July parliamentary elections, the National Assembly, France’s powerful lower house of parliament, is divided into
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