France’s far-right and left-wing lawmakers joined together Wednesday in a historic no-confidence vote prompted by budget disputes that forces Prime Minister Michel Barnier and his Cabinet members to resign, a first since 1962.
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00:00The session is resumed.
00:04Here is the result of the scrutiny.
00:06Majority required for the adoption of the Censorship Motion 288.
00:11For the adoption, 331.
00:14The majority required being reached, the first Censorship Motion is adopted.
00:19There is no need to vote for the second motion.
00:22The conclusions of the mixed-parity commission on the financing law project of Social Security for 2025
00:28are therefore considered rejected.
00:30Due to the adoption of the Censorship Motion and in accordance with Article 50 of the Constitution,
00:35the Prime Minister must submit to the President of the Republic the resignation of the government.
00:41The works of the National Assembly are updated.
00:44The session is resumed.