RT
The minority cabinet in Paris is trying to squeeze a budget vote between the Popular Front and National Rally
French Prime Minister Michel Barnier could face a no-confidence vote by Wednesday in a budget dispute involving social spending, Politico EU has reported.
President Emmanuel Macron appointed Barnier in September, angering the leftist New Popular Front (NPF), which he used to sideline the right-wing National Rally (RN) in this summer’s snap parliamentary election. The minority government has clung on by playing both sides against each other ever since.
Barnier’s proposed budget is “a punishment” that will make the French poorer, and National Rally will vote against the government “barring a last-minute miracle,” party leader Jordan Bardella told RTL radio on Monday.
France is the second-largest economy in the Euro zone but has “a mountain of debt,” according to Politico, while “its government hasn’t been this fragile nor its…
