The day after historic censorship, Michel Barnier will present his resignation to Emmanuel Macron this Thursday, December 5. The latter will speak at 8 p.m. on television to try to set a course as a political period of rare uncertainty begins.
When will the new Prime Minister be appointed? The head of state’s entourage did not provide any details, but several familiar with the president confided that he intended to do so quickly, in contrast to the almost two months it took this summer to appoint Michel Barnier. “He has no choice,” says a close friend of Emmanuel Macron to AFP.
Information to remember:
⇒ Michel Barnier expected at the Elysée to submit the resignation of the government
⇒ Emmanuel Macron will address the French this Thursday at 8 p.m.
⇒ Towards a new Prime Minister this Thursday?
07:55
The fall of the Barnier government “reduces the probability of a consolidation of public finances”, warns Moody’s
The rating agency Moody’s estimates that the fall of Michel Barnier’s government “reduces the probability of a consolidation of public finances” in France and “aggravates the country’s political impasse”. “This event is negative for credit”, i.e. the country’s rating, indicates the global agency in a press release published on the night of Wednesday to Thursday, a few hours after the vote by the deputies to censure the government, while the second economy in the euro zone is singled out by Brussels for its excessive deficit.
07:10
The Assembly will continue to work while awaiting further action
The National Assembly will continue its work which does not require the presence of members of government, noted Wednesday evening Yaël Braun-Pivet and the heads of the political groups of the lower house, according to the president’s entourage. Barely an hour after the censorship of Michel Barnier’s government, the holder of the perch gathered around her almost all of the group leaders of the National Assembly, in a “respectful” atmosphere, according to a parliamentary source.
The leaders of the Palais Bourbon have decided to continue parliamentary work which does not require the participation of ministers, which includes for example the examination of texts in committee, commissions of inquiry or even fact-finding missions. On the other hand, the examination of the texts in the hemicycle or the question sessions to the government are adjourned until the question of the future resident of Matignon is resolved.
The biggest question mark will concern the two budgets (State and Social Security) which are at this stage stuck in the parliamentary shuttle and suspended from the future of the executive, which could take them back, try to vote on only the revenue part of the state budget, pass through a special law to collect taxes, or even pass through ordinances once constitutional deadlines have been exceeded.
06:50
Michel Barnier will resign from the government
Michel Barnier is expected this Thursday at 10 a.m. at the Elysée to present the resignation of his government to Emmanuel Macron, the presidency declared to AFP. In accordance with article 50 of the Constitution, after the adoption of a motion of censure by the deputies, “the Prime Minister must submit to the President of the Republic the resignation of the government”.
06:45
Emmanuel Macron will address the French this Thursday at 8 p.m.
Emmanuel Macron “will address the French” in an official speech this Thursday at 8 p.m. the day after the fall of Michel Barnier’s government, the Elysée announced this Wednesday.
The head of state’s entourage did not provide details on when a new Prime Minister would be appointed. Even if some assure that it is not impossible that this appointment will take place this Thursday evening. “He has no choice,” says a close friend of Emmanuel Macron to AFP.
06:35
Michel Barnier, the shortest-lived Prime Minister of the Fifth Republic
The oldest Prime Minister ever appointed in the Fifth Republic, Michel Barnier broke a new record despite himself, following the motion of censure voted yesterday in the National Assembly. Thus, with only 89 days at the head of a government, Michel Barnier signs a lightning and record stint at Matignon, far ahead of Bernard Cazeneuve or Gabriel Attal.
06:30
NFP, RN… who voted for censure against Michel Barnier?
With 331 votes, or 43 more than the 288 needed to overthrow Michel Barnier’s government, the motion of censure was widely voted for by deputies this Wednesday. In detailwe notice an almost complete homogeneity in the left-wing groups but also on the side of the RN to overthrow the head of government. Thus, the 71 LFI deputies, the 38 environmentalist deputies, 16 communist deputies out of 17 and 65 socialist deputies out of 66 voted for censure.
On the other side of the political spectrum, 123 RN deputies out of 124 and the 16 UDR deputies (around Éric Ciotti) also voted in favor of the fall of the government. Two votes were added to them: that of a LIOT deputy, and that of a UDR deputy. Unsurprisingly, no elected official from Michel Barnier’s “common base” will have chosen to vote for this censorship.