French Left-Wing Parties to Move No-Confidence Vote Against New Prime Minister, Report Says

10:45, 6 September 2024

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Michel Barnier is a French politician affiliated with the center-right party, the Republicans. Barnier advocates for stronger European integration, economic reform, and addressing climate change. He has also voiced concerns about immigration and called for more robust security measures and border controls in France.

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Left-wing parties of the New Popular Front coalition will move a no-confidence vote against Michel Barnier, who has been appointed the country's new prime minister, the BFMTV broadcaster reported.

"We will move a no-confidence vote, and for good reason. I think that our partners in the New Popular Front ... will do the same," a lawmaker from the France Unbowed party, Eric Coquerel, told the broadcaster on Thursday.

In addition, the broadcaster reported, citing sources, that the Socialist Party and the French Communist Party will support the France Unbowed party in the move.

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