Macron seeks new prime minister after historic vote of no confidence in Barnier
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The French National Assembly has expressed its second-ever vote of no confidence in the government of Michel Barnier. Francois Bayrou is seen as a potential successor, while 59% of French people are calling on Macron to resign.
French President Emmanuel Macron is looking for a new prime minister after Parliament expressed a vote of no confidence in Barnier's government.
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The National Assembly voted no-confidence in the government of Prime Minister Michel Barnier. left-wing MPs and National Front MPs jointly passed a vote of no confidence in the Assembly on Wednesday, only the second in the history of the Fifth Republic, ushering in a period of great political and financial uncertainty. Michel Barnier went to the Elysee Palace to hand over his resignation to President Emmanuel Macron, who will address the French people at 20:00.
According to Le Parisien, French politician Francois Bayrou is currently in the spotlight, having lunch at the Elysee Palace with Emmanuel Macron.
The name of Modem president is circulating among potential successors to Michel Barnier.
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The French are divided over a vote of no confidence in the government passed by the National Assembly, but 59% are calling on Emmanuel Macron to resign, according to an Odoxa Backbone poll for Le Figaro released on Thursday.
The distrust adopted on Wednesday evening is considered by 52% of respondents to be "rather good" and 48% to be "rather bad", and these two indicators have an overlapping margin of error.
Emmanuel Macron is also considered" the main reason for the current political instability "by 46% of French people, significantly ahead of" all political forces that could not come to an agreement " (29%) and Michel Barnier, who was named by only 4% of respondents.
