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Key French budget talks to resume as government faces two no-confidence motions

Key French budget talks to resume as government faces two no-confidence motions

Crucial talks regarding the 2026 budget are set to resume in the French National Assembly on January 13. A few days earlier, a parliamentary committee rejected the budget bill in its present form, another sign of the uphill struggle the government is facing to secure it. The Prime minister even hinted at the possibility of a snap election in a few months. FRANCE 24’s Marc Perelman breaks it down for us. Keywords for this article Source link

French Socialists Won’t Vote With Mercosur No-Confidence Motions

French Socialists Won’t Vote With Mercosur No-Confidence Motions

PARIS, Jan 11 (Reuters) – The French Socialist party will not ‌vote ​in favour of two no-confidence motions ‌filed by far-right and far-left opposition parties over France’s failure to block ​the EU’s Mercosur trade deal, its leader said on Sunday, giving some breathing space to the country’s fragile government. “It ‍would be absurd to censure the ​government on Mercosur,” Olivier Faure told BFM TV. The Mercosur deal- 25 years in the works – ​is between the ⁠EU and the Mercosur group of South American countries. Analysts had said last week that approval chances of these motions were few, especially the one filed by the far-right National Rally (RN), the biggest party in the National Assembly, as left-wing parties never vote for any of its initiatives. Still, the threats underline ‌the political tightrope Macron’s administration continues to walk just over a year before the 2027 presidential ​election, with ‌polls showing the RN ‍has a shot ⁠at victory next year. LECORNU SAYS HIS FIGHT IS FOR STABILITY Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu wants neither censure nor dissolution of …