French Prime Minister Michel Barnier has lost a vote of no confidence.
It follows Mr Barnier’s decision to use special powers to force a social security budget through the lower house of parliament without a final vote after a last-minute concession was not enough to win support from the far-right National Rally (RN).
The escalating political crisis has threatened to send the eurozone’s second-biggest economy into uncertain territory, with the risk that the government could collapse.
It comes as a time of tension in Europe, with the imminent return of Donald Trump to the White House and the war in Ukraine continuing to drag on.
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