French Govt Collapses As PM Loses Confidence Vote, To Resign Tomorrow

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As we previewed and expected, French PM Francois Bayrou, the fourth prime minister in just 20 months, became the latest to depart having failed to get sufficient support to push a budget through parliament as 194 voted for him, 364 against.

Bayrou is reportedly going to submit his resignation to Macron early Tuesday, according to a government course. Read more

13 Comments on French Govt Collapses As PM Loses Confidence Vote, To Resign Tomorrow

  1. He lost last time TOO but they formed a coalition to prevent their version of Trump.
    You are very lucky that there are only 3 parties down in the USA Just look at the SHeeT in canuckistan. 4 parties down+greens and 2 provinces control the other 10. Fkcu Quebec.

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  2. And that, folks, is what a democracy looks like with a parlementarian structure (okay, seni-presidential).

    Thank God that the Uniteds States is a Republic.

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  3. How many Republics have the French had since World War II? Back in the 1960’s, when DeGaulle was President, they were on their 3rd or 4th Republic.
    FYI, the French have a Prime Minister who actually runs the government and a President who is the ceremonial figurehead. I live in Canada and we also have a Prime Minister (Con Man Carney) and a Governor General who represents the Crown and does all the ribbon cutting ceremonies and “meet and greet” with foreign dignatories.
    Yes, I think the United States is fortunate to be a Republic.

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