French government teeters on brink of collapse as no-confidence vote looms

Coalition of PM Michel Barnier likely to fall, with Germany in election mode and Trump about to re-enter White House

French lawmakers will vote on Wednesday evening on a no-confidence motion that is all but certain to oust the fragile coalition of Michel Barnier, deepening the political crisis in the eurozone’s second-largest economy.

It would be the first French government to be forced out by a no-confidence vote in over 60 years, at a time when the country is struggling to tame a massive budget deficit.

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