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Government Fall In France After Resignation Of PM

  • By Thetripurapost Desk, Paris
  • Dec 05, 2024
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In a shocking political development in France, the government fell. Prime Minister Michael Bernie's government lost the no-confidence motion presented in Parliament on Wednesday, which has created political instability in the country.

 This is the first time in France's 60-year history that the lower house of Parliament has voted against the current government. 

The hard left party had presented a no-confidence motion against Michel Barnier's government, which was also supported by the hard right party led by Marine Le Pen. 

General elections were held in France just three months back, in which no party got a majority. Michel Barnier assumed the leadership of the coalition government with the support of 

Marine Le Pen's party. However, things got worse regarding next year's budget and a no-confidence motion was presented against the Barnier government on Monday, which was also supported by Marine Le Pen's party and Barnier's coalition government fell. 

Out of 577 MPs of the French Parliament, 331 MPs voted against the government. Speaker Yael Barun Pivet said that Prime Minister Bernie will submit his resignation to President Emmanuel Macron. 

President Macron was on a tour of Saudi Arabia and returned home shortly before the voting on the no-confidence motion. Now after the fall of Bernie's government, President Emmanuel Macron's troubles have also increased and he has also been asked to resign. 

However, President Macron has refused this. 

France has a semi-presidential system of governance, in which both the President and the Parliament have powers. In France, the President has the highest executive authority and important policy making powers. The President acts as the head of the state and the President cannot be removed from office by the Parliament.

The Prime Minister is appointed by the President and the Prime Minister implements the President's policy agenda and manages the bureaucracy with the help of cabinet ministers. 

The President also has the right to dissolve the Parliament and bypass the Parliament to make laws