New PM? Elections? Resign? Macron has 3 choices if Bayrou’s government falls – POLITICO

New PM? Elections? Resign? Macron has 3 choices if Bayrou’s government falls – POLITICO

The problem, however, is dissolving parliament is exactly how French politics ended up in this mess in the first place. The political landscape hasn’t much changed since last summer, so elections could very well just deliver another hung parliament. Before Monday, Macron looked unlikely to send voters back to the polls. He has repeatedly, including…

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French Government Survives No-Confidence Vote

French Government Survives No-Confidence Vote

France’s government lived to see another day on Wednesday, after it survived a no-confidence vote in Parliament and gave the recently appointed prime minister a temporary reprieve from months of political turmoil and the country a promise of stability, at least in the short term. The no-confidence motion was supported by only 128 lawmakers in…

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