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France’s new government under pressure as opponents threaten no-confidence vote
Critics of new cabinet, finalised by Michel Barnier on Saturday night, said it was ‘same-old, same-old’
Mounting threats of a parliamentary motion of no-confidence have put Michel Barnier’s new government under considerable duress before it has even had a chance to start work, as street protesters continued to voice their anger over the French prime minister’s new administration.
Eleven weeks after Emmanuel Macron, France’s president, called a snap general election, the new government was finally appointed on Saturday night. But there was little sense that the new cabinet, which signals a clear shift to the right, would bring calm into the political realm.
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