The French government coalition headed by Prime Minister Bayrou did not succeed in voting on confidence. The Prime Minister must resign after 364 deputies voted against the government.
The French government coalition led by Prime Minister Francois Bayrou on Monday’s vote on confidence after nine months in office did not gain the necessary support in Parliament. TASR informs about this, according to the reports of world agencies.
The government has received the support of 194 deputies, 364 voted against, which means the fall of the fourth French Prime Minister in the last two years. “In accordance with Article 50 of the Constitution, the Prime Minister must submit the resignation of his government,” said Yaël Braun-Pivet, Chairwoman of the National Assembly, after the vote. The Prime Minister’s office announced that she would hand over the resignation to President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday morning.
Prime Minister: You don’t erase reality
“You have the power to overthrow the government, but you do not have the power to erase reality. The reality will remain relentless, spending will continue to grow, and the already unbearable burden of debt will become even more difficult and more expensive,” Parliament warned against Bayra voting.
French Prime Minister wanted to gain support for cuts in government spending by provoking a vote on the government’s confidence. He claimed Bayra that he was asking Members to “confirm the scope of effort” by which the government seeks to reduce the budget spending by EUR 43.8 billion. For example, the proposal expected the abolition of two public holidays and was supposed to reduce France’s budget deficit to 4.6 percent of the gross domestic product.
Opposition resistance
The vote against the proposal for confidence was announced in advance by the Socialist Party (PS), the Greens, Communists, the far left -wing stubborn France (LFI) and the far right National Association (RN) Marine Le Pen.
Bayrou is the chairman of the Centrist Democratic Movement (Modem) and led the minority government since December after French President Emmanuel Macron surprisingly announced early elections last year. In July, the government settled voting on the distrust of the socialists initiated.
