Fall of the government: Macron must act • Table.Briefings

Following the fall of the Barnier government, French President Emmanuel Macron is increasingly isolated.

The right-wing and left-wing opposition parties in the French National Assembly brought down the government of Prime Minister Michel Barnier this evening with a vote of no confidence. President Emmanuel Macron is now under enormous pressure to find a new head of government.

On what was considered a historic day in France, the motion of censure tabled by the left-wing opposition was passed by 331 votes – bringing down the government of Prime Minister Michel Barnier. At least 288 votes were needed to force the government to resign. As previously announced, the MPs of the Rassemblement National and UDR, the party of former republican Éric Ciotti, combined their votes with those of the left-wing alliance Nouveau Front Populaire to bring down the government.

Fall of the government: Macron must act quickly

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