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marine le pen, whose national rally is the biggest party in parliament, have already rejected his budget chaos that will surely follow, the rally be a route to power and ultimately to the palace, but ithe end, of vote wasn't even close. >> my dear colleagues, the session has started again. here is the result of the vote. majority for the adoption of --, 288 for, 331. the majority required, the first motion is adopted. we don't need to adopt the second one. the completion of the next commission of the project is considered to be rejected, given the adoption and given the article 50 of the constitution, the prime minister must present the resignation of the government to the president. christian: three 31 mp's out of 574 voting against the rally joining forces with the left bloc, the new popular front. let's go to our colleagues with all the reaction. >> thanks very much indeed. friends has been thrown into political turmoil and economic instability and really uncharted territory. as you say, not since 1952 has a prime minister and brought down by a vote of no-confidence by parliament. tha

there are 100 20 lawmakers from the national rally in the assembly and probably around 2 p.m. french time and then we will find out for what they will vote but for this motion of no-confidence to to make the government collapse you also need the support of the socialists because they have lawmakers as well so if they do not support this no-confidence barnier will stay in place and what's interesting as well is that he also opened the door to perhaps the socialists rather than just discussing with marine le pen, which they said they do not want to do for anymore. perhaps this could be the way out for michel barnier. >> excellent with that exclusive. it could be a make or break week for this french government. let's bring in bloomberg's strategist and details in reaction. we got to a spread of french over german debt last week what do you expect the market reaction to be to the development we have seen out of paris over the last 48 hours? >> bond traders think it is an early christmas present. they low volatility when it's created by the bond market and what is interesting now f

let's turn back to france for the far right national party of -- national rally party of marine le penill back a motion to topple the french government after the prime minister failed to agree to all of its demands. bloomberg caught up with the finance minister yesterday and here is what he had to say about the situation at that time. >> the french government is looking at the french parliamentary debate, it is respecting each and every parliamentary debate that leads to an evolution. it will take into account what is changing, but we won't be blackmailed. >> this is a developing story of course and we've been keeping up-to-date on the latest movements here. on the ground in paris is alan katz. there is been a new develop and once again with the french per mere has offered some kind of final budget concession. where do things stand right now? >> that's already a few hours old at this point, and that is gone by the wayside. but we had at the government came in this afternoon and used a constitutional procedure called article 49 where you adopt a bill without a vote. the government is ta

they know that this one much community marine left pen of the far right national rally party probably has more say than anyone in the next budget to kind. she was unimpressed with center as president the crowns. last choice, delete his government, the right leaning michel, barn. ya sums up a pretty cheek before we have to look at what people do and not just look at their label by saying who's right waiting. so i don't think he does this good. so no, everything he does has not been good. yeah, most likely the chrome says la pens, national rally, lawmakers voted against even their own platform and a bunch of debates sufficiently at home simply by doing so they chose chaos, and that's the only project they share with the radical left along this with the support of the rest of the lines not to do but to undo to re cavity maple this is for created, this old french media have reported macros next. prime minister will likely come from a short list of centrist candidates who might appeal to both sides of the political spectrum. kill reveal his choice in coming days as give talking about this

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in our exclusive interview national rally leader marine le pen tells us a budget will pass if the government narrows the deficit more slowly. >> well, it is a matter of a few weeks. we will discuss it with the new prime minister. we will work together. tom: south korea's ruling party leaders as the president should be suspended, a major shift ahead of an impeachment vote for treason. chinese stocks gain on stimulus hopes, european and u.s. futures edge lower as investors await u.s. droplet -- job data later today. happy friday. european futures pointing lower by .3 of 1% after six straight days of gains despite the political uncertainty in france. we have seen that story turnaround as well where you end up in positive territory. it will see gift that plays out again today. we have had six straight days of gains, and if we get a seven over in france that would be the longest winning streak for french equities in three years, which would be remarkable given the standoff i in paris. s&p futures after a modest rep yesterday pointing lower by .1 of 1%. we look ahead to nonfarm payrolls with the p

yeah, of course with the chrome says la pens, national rally, lawmakers voted against even their own platform and a bunch of debates sufficiently on something by doing so they chose chaos, and that's the only project they share with the radical left along this with the support of the rest of the left wing alliance not to do but to undo to re cavity. me pull this book say that is all the french media have reported mat crowns. next. prime minister will likely come from a short list of centrist candidates who might appeal to both sides of the political spectrum. he'll reveal his choice in coming days. the w as christine linda is in brussels and gave us an a you perspective on the crisis in fronts aisles to who the you would like to see lead fronts. this new government. well, any other interest in brussels would be not necessarily who is the next prime minister, but what the next prime minister does as it pertains to the all standing budgets. francis carnegie spending more than it brings and it is courtesy and breach off the use rules. its budget deficit is at about 6 percent and the rul

marine le pen�*s far—right national rally is threatening to pull the plug on the coalition government rein in the massive french deficit. she's given the prime minister until today to answer her demands to amend his government's budget plans. the french stock market caciio has fallen over i% ahead of the vote later this afternoon and borrowing costs have risen to the highest rate in 12 years amidst the uncertainty. basically the ground is very fragile and the left and the right could bring it down this week if they decide to vote together in a motion of no confidence. the government will use a special toe —— a special article of the constitution to pass the social security budget for next year. if the government does that, there could be a vote of no—confidence. if they decide, the left and the far right to go together, it means that the government will be gone and a new government will need to be appointed by the president, emmanuel macron. there are several options there, but it is very risky because you cannot dissolve the assembly and he cannot call for a new election again before

marine le pen's far right national rally has said earlier that if he does this, if he forces this budgetit is going to support a no—confidence vote in her government. that will be coming through from some of the left—wing governments. she will now support a motion of no confidence. so we have heard that the french prime minister has forced through the social security budget without actually a vote in parliament. that vote was due to happen in about five minute's time. but we have gotten this news from paris that this has been voted through and threatens the french government. the other story we want to bring through is that they are going to vote through the... hello. after some very mild weather over the weekend, things have been turning colder from the north. it's not going to be cold all the time this week, but there is quite a lot of chilly weather in the forecast. cold enough for some snow over higher ground and particularly later in the week, there will also be spells of wind and rain. now, the cold air is pushing its way down from the north behind this frontal system. the front br

but marine le pen's far—right national rally and jean—luc melenchon�*s leftwing lfi were not invited.new prime minister would be announced by today. let's cross live now to tomasz michalski associate professor of economics at the hec business school in paris. tomasz, good to have you here. first question, who would want thisjob? why would first question, who would want this job? why would you first question, who would want thisjob? why would you become the prime minister knowing we will have elections next year? well, you can be... studio: this is bbc news. the government is outlining its plans to try to solve the housing crisis — giving final details of reforms to the planning system. let's cross live to westminster for the announcement. within our first within ourfirst month in office, we proposed a bold set office, we proposed a bold set of reforms to overhaul a planning system that is faltering on all fronts after a decade of piecemeal and inept tinkering by the party opposite. today i can confirm to the house that we are delivering the change we promised by publishing an updated

but marine le pen's far—right national rally and jean—luc melenchon�*s left—wing lfi were not invited, resigned after he faced a no—confidence vote in parliament over his budget. president macron promissed to name a successor to mr barnier within 48 hours following his meeting with politicians on tuesday. so who is in the frame? charlotte de montpellier is senior economist at ing economic research. good morning to you, charlotte. so do tell us — what do you think? will we hearfrom president macron today? think? will we hear from president macron today? yeah, he said that _ president macron today? yeah, he said that we _ president macron today? yeah, he said that we will. _ president macron today? yeah, he said that we will. i _ president macron today? yeah, he said that we will. i don't - he said that we will. i don't know, to be honest. because it's very, very difficult. the thing is that there is a really split parliament and they don't seem to agree. i mean macron would like that both the left and the right, they go together, in order to nominate a prime minister and at least to ha

both the left—wing france unbowed party, and also the hard right national rally have said they will censuren to lead a minority government — the motion of confidence is expected to be held later this week. let's speak to our correspondent in paris, hugh schofield. indeed. it looks very likely that michel barnier will fall on wednesday, and that france will once again be without a prime minister, or at least a functioning one. he will properly remain as a caretaker prime ministerfor a properly remain as a caretaker prime minister for a while. properly remain as a caretaker prime ministerfor a while. we will be plunged back into the same crisis that we had in the beginning of this. the background is the election disastrously called by emmanuel macron back injuly after the european elections, which resulted in this split house three ways, in which none of the three blocks, the centre, the three blocks, the centre, the left, and the populist right, could command a majority. the other two blocks would always unite against it. we have a government under a michel barnier which represents the centr

the leader of the hard—right national rally said her party would vote to get rid of the current governmentugh," she said. "things have gone from bad to worse." france is in a financial pickle, with soaring debt. trouble here could spread throughout europe. but the crisis is, at heart, political — sparked by this summer's elections, which resulted in a spectacularly gridlocked parliament, unable to agree on anything. marine le pen wants to be france's next president, and she holds some strong cards right now. she's gambling that any fresh chaos here will be blamed on this man, not her. president emmanuel macron arriving in saudi arabia. he's never looked so politically fragile. he may cling on to power, but his promise to strengthen the centre ground of french politics is in trouble. andrew harding, bbc news, paris. let s get some of the day's other news now. donald trump says he'll travel to france on saturday to attend the re—opening of notre— dame cathedral in paris. it will be his first foreign trip since he won the us presidential election. a major reconstruction project has restored t

that is - marin le pen, leader of the far right national rally.ndent, hugh schofield who is with me outside the parliament. marin le pen had demanded concessions from the social security budget. id go far enough for her. she is pulling the strings here, is she?— here, is she? everyone said from the — here, is she? everyone said from the start, _ here, is she? everyone said from the start, she - here, is she? everyone said from the start, she is - here, is she? everyone said from the start, she is the i here, is she? everyone said i from the start, she is the king make — from the start, she is the king make it — from the start, she is the king make it in _ from the start, she is the king make it in all of this. she had the power— make it in all of this. she had the power to bring in the everything from the very start. she let — everything from the very start. she let the whole budget proceed through the autumn, but it was— proceed through the autumn, but it was most likely to come to head — it was most likely to come to head how— it was most likely

i've been here all afternoon at the national assembly and we have been seeing opposition supporters rallying gathering together, but now you can see the crowds in the time you've been on air, a lot of these supporters are now taken part in a procession, a march, and they've made themselves, walking around the block ever national assembly. where this fever, further, for the sentiment for the ousted president take shape next, it's something we will be watching closely right here for bbc news. studio: steve, thank you for that. france's government is on the verge of collapse as the country's parliament is expected to remove prime minister michel barnier in a confidence vote, just three months after taking office. the fresh political turmoil follows the decision by mr barnier, to force through an austerity budget without the approval of parliament. the no confidence motion is supported by the majority of mps from across the political divide. if he loses, michel barnier will become the shortest serving prime minister in france's fifth republic. let's speak to david chazan, paris correspondent at

leftist new popular front, the centrist grouping of several parties including macron's, and the national rallye pen on the far right. back with us on the program is a european political analyst at the european university institute. thank you for coming back on. rushes back from warsaw but fails on the promise that he made earlier in the week, that he would choose a new prime minister within 48 hours. what has gone wrong? >> well, i think it's a delicate task. he said 48 hours, he is giving himself an extra night. to some extent, what has happened is what we might have anticipated. this is a very, very difficult compromise to strike. before he left for poland, president macron called in the leaders of some of the main parties. he excluded the far left, who excluded itself, and excluded the far right, and basically tried to put together essentially a pact of nonaggression. trying to get these parties who are committed to the governing to try and govern together, agree that if the government and the next prime minister does not use the now infamous 49 .3 article to ram through legislation, they w

government which has been tabled by an alliance of left—wing parties and marine le pen's populist national rallyor that motion and that will result in a comfortable majority it seems, barring a political miracle. it seems inevitable that michel barnier�*s government will fall. 0k, we'll come back to any potential miracles in a moment, but let's work on that assumption that does happen, so where does that leave the government of france? well, in the short term, the current government will probably be asked by president one to stay on as a caretaker administration, but what it means is this belt tightening budget you referred to, which the government says is essential to tackle france's colossal debt and deficit will not go through. so in that case, the current budget will remain in force. michel barnier, the prime minister, says that will be catastrophic for france's fragile public finances. for the time being, at least, president macron remains in office. there is no obligation on him to step down. but the opposition are saying that, given the political turmoil, he should not see out his preside

marine le pen of the national rally — the party with the most seats in parliament — is trying to force, it could lead to the collapse of the government within days. let's speak to our correspondent in paris, hugh schofield. what do some of these politicians have issue with, when it comes to the budget? it is a complicated bit of legislation. there are two texts, the social security budget and the main budget. what we can say for certain is that marine le pen has been chivvying away at michel barnier, to get them to take away measures that she says are unacceptable mainly taxes for the middle class and the poor, and he is giving way, he has removed a higher tax it was going to put on electricity for example and we have heard this morning that he has also removed a measure, that would have made it necessary for people to pay a little bit more for medicines. he is going to diminish the reimbursement on a number of key medicines. that was a demand of hers. so, right down to the wire, there is negotiation going on. it is not impossible that he would have to deal with marine le pen in the ne

olympic spirits of, isaac, this was the way that the country must because governs in a kind of national rallying of the troops of but so i think the gaming this rather smoke and stuff. oh yeah, i reckon so i to cheat which seems to dog and know be consistent throughout. so it's not that it's a 2 mandates. it's going to be difficult for 80 to to continue that position, i think. and it's a long time until 2027 isn't good. do you think he's going to survive that long? well, here's protected by the constitution. any came outside thing about this coming. any idea of a resignation, political fantasy? as i said to you, he refused to take a responsibility for the no confidence motion. that was folks it through the 1st time ever in the republic here i think that was created in 1958 seats. the re runs history um in terms of how it's his responsibility for that. and so i think that's a put me and he will be protected as i say, by the constitution of the streets of are you who do have a role. and today, there was a national strike in the public sector touching education, health the transports of and you kno

he intimated that marine le pen of the far—right national rally party had been one of those trying tono confidence vote because of naked political ambition. her eye on the presidential election in 2027. he didn't name her, but that was clearly the implication behind that statement. and he said that the french people need to unite in a spirit of cooperation, citing the olympic games held here in paris over the summer, the reopening of notre dame cathedral tomorrow, saturday, after that fire that ravaged it five years ago, as examples of how france can can produce great things and come together when it's needed. but, actually, this country is incredibly divided at the moment, and many people blame president macron for that, for polarising people, pushing people towards the political extremes, towards the far left and the far right, despite being the man who came in as president promising to revive the centre ground. and the real challenge here is that even if a new prime minister is appointed in the next day or two, as we expect it to be, or in the coming days, problems will remain, and

the leader of the hard—right national rally said her party would vote to get rid of the current governmentce is in a financial pickle, with soaring debt. trouble here could spread throughout europe. but the crisis is, at heart, political, sparked by this summer's elections, which resulted in a spectacularly gridlocked parliament, unable to agree on anything. "marine le pen wants to be france's next president, and she holds some strong cards right now." she's gambling that any fresh chaos here will be blamed on this man, not her — president emmanuel macron. arriving in saudi arabia tonight, he's never looked so politically fragile. he may cling on to power, but his promise to strengthen the centre ground of french politics is in trouble. andrew harding, bbc news, paris. in london, the holiday season is in the air. trafalgar square's christmas tree comes from norway every year. it's a tradition started in 19117 to recognise the uk's assistance to norway during the second world war. this year's tree is 20 metres tall and weighs around a ton. it'll be decorated and lit up in an official ceremo

>> it seems that the collapse of this government is almost inevitable if the national rally joins forces with the left-wing alliance because they will have a majority to support this vote of no-confidence, which should happen by wednesday night or thursday morning. he might be the shortest lived prime minister of the french fifth republic since world war ii and it does not seem like there's any way out unless it does manage to get two thirds of the socialists to abstain from this vote of no-confidence but at the moment the socialists have said they would also support it so it does seem that the collapse is inevitable and until the last minute michel barnier tried to respond to the request of marine le pen in the middle of the afternoon on monday and in fact the markets rebounded when he announced he was giving up on reducing drug reimburse by marine le pen but she said that was not enough and at the last minute wanted to add an amendment on raising old pensions from january and according to the budget ministry this came too late and could not be included in the bill so michel barnier had

they know that this one much commercially marine lapel and the far right national rally party probably has more say than anyone in the next budget to kind. she was unimpressed with centers because of the crumbs last choice, delete his government, the right leaning michel, barn, ya sums up pretty cheap. if we have to look at what people do and not just look at the label by saying who's right waiting for the other thing he does is good. so know everything he does has not been good. yeah, officially the crone says le pens, national riley law makers voted against even their own platform and a bunch of debates on something by doing so, they chose chaos. and that's the only project they shared with the radical left along this with the support of the rest of the left on the lines for me not to do, but to undo to re cavity maple, this is for clay to dissolve. french media have reported mat crowns, next. prime minister will likely come from a short list of centrist candidates who might appeal to both sides of the political spectrum. he'll reveal his choice in coming days earlier our correspondi

signing his autobiography at the age ofjust 29, jordan bardella, leader of the national rally, is theesident macron step down, he said... speaks french. "not yet." there is no clarity tonight about the way forward for france. the president looks weak, hardliners in parliament are still sharpening their claws and a new prime minister will surely struggle to break this winter deadlock. andrew harding, bbc news, paris. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. prime minister keir starmer set out six priorities for the government. they include the delivery of at least 95% clean power by 2030 and boosting the number of major infrastructure projects. sir keir also promised more police and to cut hospital waiting times and improve children's early years education. he did not set any specific targets on regulating immigration. the archbishop of canterbury, justin welby, has been condemned by survivors of abuse for the tone of his farewell speech. he resigned last month after an independent review said he should have reported a prolific

marine le pen, the far right firebrand, if you like, who's been moving her party, the national rally,ards the centre ground, very much looking to become the next president. and for her party, which is already the largest single party in france to start getting real power in parliament, she is now, it seems, taking a gamble. i think she clearly believes that if the government does fall, um, that she won't be blamed for any chaos that follows, that perhaps president macron will take the blame for that and that she can emerge stronger, having flexed her parliamentary muscles, and she'll hope to gain in future elections to gain more power. and your heart and in paris about the french prime minister. the tv presenter gregg wallace has apologised for claiming complaints about his behaviour came from "a handful of middle—class women of a certain age", and says he is now going to take some time out". tonight's episode of masterchef will be broadcast as planned in the uk — the bbc says it's life changing for the chefs who take part as contestants and is about more than one person. here's noor

marine le pen of the national rally — the party with the most seats in parliament — is trying to forces say 21 police officers have been injured during the fourth night of pro—eu demonstrations on sunday. protesters threw objects at the parliament buildings. police responded with water cannon and tear gas. georgian media reported demonstrations in other cities. the invest was triggered by the prime minister's announcement on thursday that he would suspend george's bid to join the thursday that he would suspend george's bid tojoin the eu. on sunday, he rowed back on those comments. the protesters a re the protesters are challenging the result of the disputed parliamentary election. the oxford university press has announced its word of the year which is a word or expression that reflects the mood, ethos, or preoccupations of the year. this year's word is — brain rot. it's an inability to think clearly caused by excessive consumption of low—quality online content. its use has surged recently, particularly on tiktok. you're watching bbc news. hello again. we have had some rain and showers

nfp, the left coalition, the right with marine le pen and national rally and emmanuel macron's party in the center. what is tricky is there could be a make or break case when it comes to the socialist party, the most interest faction when it comes to the left side of parliament. what is significant is those are the people both michel barnier and emmanuel macron targeted the last 24 hours saying these people could vote with their conscience. could potentially make or break this vote and that is where the speculation lies that if you see enough socialists in parliament abstain from the vote, there is a slim but not impossible to is that michel barnier could make it out of this vote with his job intact. tom: that would be quite the out come. slim but not impossible as you say. talk about the debt challenges of france and whether this is a broader challenge in terms of the prospects, the risks of a broader european debt crisis? >> the comparisons have been made of this idea of french debt , the yield premium now surpassing that relative to german debt of greece, of spain and that brings

in parliament and also very interesting is the response from marine le pen and the far right national rallyt to see what happens, as long as it listens to us, as long as he listens a little bit more than what michel barnier tried to do. . ~' , ., what michel barnier tried to do. ., ,, , ., , do. pierre, thank you very much, there _ do. pierre, thank you very much, there is _ do. pierre, thank you very much, there is so - do. pierre, thank you very much, there is so much i do. pierre, thank you very i much, there is so much and do. pierre, thank you very - much, there is so much and he's generally amongst the public and it will be absolutely fascinated watching what happens in the next few weeks. in about 30 minutes' time, we actually have the transfer of power from the previous actually have the transfer of powerfrom the previous prime minister to the next prime minister, we will show you those live pictures and comments just as soon as it happens in paris. we will have more of today's headlines here in just a more of today's headlines here injust a moment more of today's headlines here in

nothing depends, right wing populace national rally party actually won the popular vote in last summer's parliamentary election, which mac hole only called as a result of a tantrum. after losing you elections to independence team. so to mac, hold publicly co looted in those parliamentary elections in the 2nd round with the left wing anti establishment to block national raleigh from winning the most seats in french permit. now that backfired and back home. failing to give his group the most seats, which he figured his little strategy would achieve, the honor of having the most eats went to the anti establishment left. so after totally using the left wing, new popular front and back home, done them like a one nightstand and just totally bypass the convention of picking a prime minister from the party with the most seats in favor of choosing an establishment figure he could control. but who also he figured, could pay sufficient lip service to both left and right populous to survive in that role. and that worked about as well as all of his other self serving engineering attempts so far. anyw

and we saw, you know, the, the rise of la pens, national rally party, but also of melon, johns far left alliance in france. both of which you could consider, i saw, we show, we generously call them ukraine. skeptic parties, we saw, you know, um the attempted assassination of robert fits. so the prime minister of slovakia over the ukraine issue of the year. we saw the uh, these uh, traffic light coalition of, uh oh la schultz and the green party collapse. uh, at least on the face, over the issue of a uh to ukraine. we're still trying to negotiate out and negotiate out, you know, the results of elections and then another when we had this a noble action in romania which was obviously also a protest vote over the economic consequences. 1 of the sanctions on russia, the blow back from that. so the only one that really escape that fate, that this political turmoil, at least is the united kingdom. and that's simply because they have a much more structured and managed democracy where the center, right center, left, shuffle still rules, you know, they have been mars. but that what you said, that

down the government entirely, which is exactly what the populace left use and the right wing national rally party are now going to do, even though they really can't stand each other, they unite on this issue sort of the nukes, introduced, essential motion that would collapse the government budget. literally, this was the issue vanya is mr. bonnie: a social security to budget strong sites to a negative impact some of the time and time since i'm gonna throw in the government's will have a positive effect on conscience, a sentient dispatch. it is. unfortunately, the only means the constitution gives us to protect the french from the dentist, unjust and punitive budget, which more over worse since they already monsters deficits of 7 years of mac, renee as so what happens if this motion passes in the next couple of days and the government falls new election right. uh, no, not until next summer, which would be a year after the last one that took place just a few months ago. that's according to the french constitution. so what would happen is that the ball would then go back into mac haul's chords

the leader of the hard right national rally said her party would vote to get rid of the current governmentom bad to worse." france is in a financial pickle with soaring debt. trouble here could spread throughout europe. but the crisis is, at heart, political, sparked by this summer's elections, which resulted in a spectacularly gridlocked parliament unable to agree on anything. marine le pen wants to be france's next president, and she holds some strong cards right now. she's gambling that any fresh chaos here will be blamed on this man, not her — president emmanuel macron. arriving in saudi arabia tonight, he's never looked so politically fragile. he may cling on to power, but his promise to strengthen the centre ground of french politics is in trouble. andrew harding, bbc news, paris. the us secretary of state has announced more military assistance for ukraine. the package with $725 million, includes finger air defence missiles, ammunition and rocket launchers and antipersonnel mines. and bley considers a part of efforts to ensure ukraine had what he needed to defend itself against russi

and we saw, you know, the, the rise of low pens, national rally party, but also of melon, johns far left alliance in france. both of which you could consider, i shall, we shall, we generously call them ukraine. skeptic parties, we saw, you know, the attempted assassination of robert fitz, so the prime minister of, so we'll walk you over the ukraine issue of the year. we saw the uh, these uh, traffic light coalition of, uh oh, off schultz and the green party collapse. uh, at least on the face, over the issue of a to ukraine. we're still trying to negotiate and negotiate out, you know, the results of elections and another when we had this a noble action in romania which was obviously also a protest vote over the economic consequences of the sanctions on russia. the blow back from that. so the only one that really escape that fate, that this political turmoil, at least is the united kingdom. and that's simply because they have a much more structured and managed democracy where the center, right center, left, shuffle still rules, you know, they have been mars, but that we use it that way. so

the leftwing bloc in the country's national assembly and marine le pen�*s hard—right national rally combinedbarnier after he pushed through a budget without a vote. that budget is now null and void — and a weakened president macron will have to try to find someone else to appoint. in a moment, we'll speak to our europe editor katya adler about what this turmoil in europe's second largest country means for the eu, but first, let's go live to paris and to our correspondent there andrew harding. good evening. the voting took place in the parliament building behind me just a few hours ago this evening in paris, but essentially it all began, became inevitable earlier this summer when the french people voted a parliament that was completely deadlocked, unable to agree on anything. no interest in coalition or consensus, a coalition government of sorts, a fragile one was scraped together but it looked vulnerable from the start and tonight was the moment that it fell. what happens next is unclear but it looks like france is entering a period perhaps four months of deep political and perhaps financial

framework of compromise had been called upon for tuesday stalks, appearing to exclude the far—right national rallyoine denis. so he is effectively missing out to really significant groupings here.- groupings here. yes, absolutely. _ groupings here. yes, absolutely. the - groupings here. yes, absolutely. the idea | groupings here. yes, - absolutely. the idea that he is still convinced that he can find some sort of republican blog within this very fragmented parliament. you have three groups here that are with equal seats but he still feels he can find a republican block mainly by trying to dislocate the left side of this assembly, and trying to appeal to socialists. what we are mainly seeing is emmanuel macron looking at and trying to find a method, ratherthan looking at and trying to find a method, rather than someone, which was according to his close ally the big mistake that he made over the summer by appointing michel barnier, which was to find someone who would mend the differences. now by calling on these people and these party leaders he thinks he that he can find a method, rather than someo

signing his autobiography at the age ofjust 29, jordan bardella, leader of the national rally, is thedown, he said... "not yet." there is no clarity tonight about the way forward for france. the president looks weak, hardliners in parliament are still sharpening their claws and a new prime minister will surely struggle to break this winter deadlock. andrew harding, bbc news, paris. so what next for france? katya adler is with me. the president, he called an election he didn't have too, the government has collapsed, he has no prime minister, it is a big mess, is that fair? it minister, it is a big mess, is that fair? , , ., ., minister, it is a big mess, is that fair? , ., ., . ., fair? it is important we are clear. it is fair? it is important we are clear. it is france _ fair? it is important we are clear. it is france in _ fair? it is important we are clear. it is france in a _ fair? it is important we are clear. it is france in a mess? _ fair? it is important we are clear. it is france in a mess? yes. - fair? it is important we are clear. it is france in a mess? yes. it. fair? it is