French lawmakers oust govt. in ‘historic’ no-confidence vote
France’s lawmakers have voted in favor of ousting the government of the country’s prime minister in a no-confidence vote triggered by his pushing through a 2025 budget without a legislative vote.
The vote, which was held on Wednesday, marked the first one of its kind since 1962.
It showed the door to Premier Michel Barnier, who had taken office just 91 days before.
President Emanuel Macron had appointed Barnier in September after snap elections in which no single party won a legislative majority.
Macron, who has vowed to remain in office until the end of his term in 2027, now has to appoint a replacement.
The vote saw Barnier’s detractors taking aim at him, with far-right Marine Le Pen from the National Rally alleging that his budget had failed "to tackle the causes of the dizzying increase in security concerns and crime faced by the country."
Barnier, she claimed, had also just dished out “crumbs” to hard-pressed French consumers, who have suffered significant rises in their cost of living. "Your only answer [to the economic adversities] has been taxes, taxes, and more taxes," she went on.
The embattled premier, meanwhile, described the vote as "a moment of truth, of responsibility."
France needs to "look at the realities of our debt," he added, while defending his budget that, he said, he had developed alongside both chambers of the parliament.
The fall of Barnier’s government, however, stops the budget from being enacted.
A caretaker government now has to pass emergency laws to ensure the France's national debts are serviced, fresh loan requests are issued, and salaries are paid to its civil servants and military personnel starting in January.
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