michel barnier only did three, orso. so michel barnier only did three, or so.have to remember that it is the sixth prime minister under emmanuel macron. it is number fourjust for this year alone. so this is going to be almost as life expectancy as prime minister is going to be very, very tricky. but we also have to remember that this is almost a dream job of francois bayrou. he's been waiting for this for all of his career, trying to get a coalition with somebody who could get the presidency so he could be french prime minister and this is his opportunity, this is what he could have dreamt of because he knows that he can't do that presidency run himself. we can see here. _ presidency run himself. we can see here, this _ presidency run himself. we can see here, this is _ presidency run himself. we can see here, this is the _ presidency run himself. we can see here, this is the scene - see here, this is the scene inside the presidential palace inside the presidential palace in paris. the red carpet rolled out for the transfer of power. no sign of anybody on that

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michel barnier, welcome to hardtalk. mr barnier...r questions now. i'm sorry, we are late to work. let me work, please. not something french politicians can normally boast unless they are the president. but mr barnier was the point man for the eu during the years and years of painful brexit negotiations. charged with keeping eu member states united and the uk in check. it is quite ironic that the man who became nicknamed triple b, barnier, the brexit man in brussels, is pretty much better known in the uk and in eu circles then here in france. i've come to valenciennes, a town in northern france, to ask what people know of their new prime minister. excusez—moi. michel barnier is the new prime minister. no. you don't know him? merci. do you know mr barnier, michel barnier? no. he's your new prime minister. ah, 0k. no, sorry. thank you, bye—bye. but mr barnier is no newbie to politics. ahead of the last french presidential election, he tried and failed to get nominated as a centre—right candidate. so he is known here by people who follow

last time it took him two months to choose michel barnier.me a replacement within the next 24 hours. scarlet: caroline, thank you so much for the update. lightning in front of the french national assembly -- live in front of the french national assembly in paris and we will be checking in through the evening and afternoon with her. for more on the fallout, i want to welcome a nonresident senior fellow at the atlantic council's europe center. thank you for joining us. is this more of a political crisis or financial crisis for france? >> you asked a really good question. it is both from a political, financial crisis that france is going through. political because the situation is a result, as your journalist was explaining a few minutes ago , of the elections that happened last july, meaning we had three blocs within the national assembly. none of them have the absolute majority. it means they have to compromise. and none of them are succeeding in doing so. from this political situation, which really brings a lot of instability, and the inabili

why do you think we saw michel barnier fall?because of the budget bill he pushed past the national assembly? >> it was a symptom, not the broad cause. the broader cause was the huge political division in france, which came to the forefront when there were three fairly evenly sized factions within french parliament, the left, the center and the far right. none of whom form a majority or could work together. barnier was doomed to fail from the start because he had a minority government. it was not surprising he felt obliged to push his budget through using the constitutional mechanism that allows them to bypass parliament because the left said they couldn't support it because it made too many concessions to the far right, the far-right said it made too many concessions to the left so when trying to compromise there was no solution in sight. now both sides are trying to use the opportunity to make ends even more difficult for macron. >> what will macron do next? >> appointing michel barnier took him two months and he says he can't

is on the verge of collapse, with the country's parliament expected to remove prime minister michel barnier after he took office. the 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 sebastian maillard, associate fellow with the europe programme at chatham house. welcome to the programme, do you think it is archable he will lose this vote? it seems inevitable. _ will lose this vote? it seems inevitable. it _ will lose this vote? it seems inevitable. it is _ will lose this vote? it seems inevitable. it is a _ will lose this vote? it seems inevitable. it is a scenario, l inevitable. it is a scenario, over 90% chance it happens, unless a miracle as michel barnier said himself, because as you rightly said, both the far right, and the most of the left is about to vote a no confidence vote which hasn't happene

michel barnier's cabinet are actually michel barnier, and the reaction that the drinking faction will have has shown that it is actually capable of mobilizing many millions of people, and if they decide , it will definitely be difficult for mr. macron. mr. dolatabadi , considering the fact that anyway, france is the second largest economy of the european union and an influential country in this union, in your opinion, you should abandon the victory bias in the election. abad and the formation of a representative government not the majority. what effect can this have on developments in europe? well, mr. michel barnier was actually the european commissioner, that is, he was the one who actually led the brexit negotiations, in fact, he was one of the representatives from the european union, and mr. barnier himself is actually a well-known and positive figure in europe. but if we actually want to consider the image of france in europe with the presence of mr. barnier, i think that this image is not too scary in the sense that anyway mr. barnier was a well-known and reliable person in euro

michel barnier surprised everyone in france. in fact, this is an impossible choice from the french point of view. anyway, macron's party lost the parliamentary elections and in fact, when emmanuel macron, the french president, to stay in power. he played a political game in france, which is not acceptable. the introduction of mr. michel barnier is actually expected by the french political community and citizens does not answer macron just wants to keep the power and in fact he even gave a positive response to the national front with his work and he wants power at this price. see, macron thinks this is the only solution to get out of the political crisis, i mean introducing mr. michel barnier as the prime minister, i think that emmanuel macron will face challenges, mr. weld is still one of the first most important reactions and challenges regarding the introduction of michel barnier as the new prime minister from. jean-luc milanchon, the leader of the left- wing french party, was adamant that this was done macron announced that i

yeah, one of the tricky things for michel barnier in i things for michel barnier in any case was he had025 and that is ultimately the hurdle he stumbled over. the lesson possibly for him orfor a future prime minister coming in is in terms of concession, compromise, negotiation with all parties. now, those on the and possible the budget and possible concessions that could have been made. the far right, there were elements of concession that were made, but they simply did not go far enough. so, really, finding someone who can bring about consensus across all parties would be one lesson, but that simply is pretty tricky and france is not necessarily a country, compared to papps germany, with its coalitions and negotiation, it is not a country where that is really in the makings of politics. so that is going to be still very, very tricky. and perhaps listening to all parties is the next message as well. the message clearly hear from macron we saw yesterday was pointing the finger of blame at the extremes, so the question to be asked is whether he really will listen to all parties and try an

michel barnier, a republican, has been in the ministry four times.he ministry of foreign affairs holds the ministry of european affairs, environment and agriculture, and also had the responsibility of the european commissioner and the eu representative in the brexit negotiations. the appointment of michel barnier as prime minister by president emmanuel macron reacts has brought different opinions in public opinion. we have to wait and see what happens. i think macron has fallen into a self-made well. many with decisions. the parties of the new popular front , the majority holders of the french parliament , announced immediately after this appointment that michel barnier has neither political legitimacy nor the legitimacy of the republic, so we will criticize him. this crisis, which according to the french is created and paid for by the president, seems to have no intention of subsiding. opponents of macron declared tomorrow, saturday, as the day of protest against the illegal rule. shahzovar hosseini of paris radio and television agency. scientists h

michel barnier, welcome to hardtalk. mr barnier...ork. let me work, please. not something french politicians can normally boast unless they are the president. but mr barnier was the point man for the eu during the years and years of painful brexit negotiations. charged with keeping eu member states united and the uk in check. it is quite ironic that the man who became nicknamed triple b, barnier, the brexit man in brussels, is pretty much better known in the uk and in eu circles then here in france. i've come to valenciennes, a town in northern france, to ask what people know of their new prime minister. excusez—moi. michel barnier is the new prime minister. no. you don't know him? merci. do you know mr barnier, michel barnier? no. he's your new prime minister. ah, 0k. no, sorry. thank you, bye—bye. but mr barnier is no newbie to politics. ahead of the last french presidential election, he tried and failed to get nominated as a centre—right candidate. so he is known here by people who follow politics closely. but his manner is more of

we said that michel barnier is caught between both sides.cult to please the opposition parties in the markets. what happens your? figs markets. what happens your? as we markets. what happens your? sis we see markets. what happens your? is we see the french government debt has become too high. the french fiscal tips —— deficit have been .6%. they have to save money somewhere and michel barnier has come up with a plan to raise taxes and cut a little bit on spending. remember that he wanted to reach the european target deficit of 3% of gdp by 2028 - 2029 target deficit of 3% of gdp by 2028 — 2029 services mild. but we have political games being played here. this is what we see from the left and right sides, they are trying to use this occasion to bring down the government.— this occasion to bring down the government. , . ., , , ., government. yes and as you say, the are government. yes and as you say, they are expected _ government. yes and as you say, they are expected to _ government. yes and as you say, they are expected to trigger - governme

we have a government under a michel barnier which represents the centre, but it has always been theref the two other blocks to come together and bring him down. bring penn, who has backed down for all this time, and does not pushed her opposition into a kind of outright challenge is now saying she will do that, and the point of issue is this budget. michel barnier has spent the last few months, basically as all time in office, drawing up this budget. the bit that matters is the holding that looks like it will fall apart. ii holding that looks like it will fall a art. holding that looks like it will fall apart-— fall apart. if it goes exactly as ou fall apart. if it goes exactly as you have _ fall apart. if it goes exactly as you have described, - fall apart. if it goes exactly. as you have described, what happens next? we have a new prime minister foot forward, do we have new elections? what is the most likely cause of action. . . . the most likely cause of action. , ., , , action. there is a big problem, which is that _ action. there is a big problem, which is that there _ action. th

, the oldest, oldest prime minister in history, er, michel barnier himself is a former european commissioner, minister, senator, republican, supporter of liberal economics and a strong and influential european union, and mr. michel cannot to be called such a leftist, so to speak, it is not possible, it is not possible to call it, and therefore , of course, a situation arises that after her parliamentary elections, early parliamentary elections, in which the rightists from the marie le pen party could have won, the left won, and the winner was as a matter of fact for now you can call macron. well, again, this is a very risky game, but look at what macron is doing in the elections to the european parliament. the far-right wins, they occupy an absolutely unprecedented number of french seats in the european parliament. macron dissolves the national assembly of france, appoints early parliamentary elections, there is no need for this. parliament could continue to work quietly. and he is holding these elections under the slogan "stop the far right." and people who want to stop the far-right in the

that is what has happened with michel barnier.ent has fallen and there are big questions of her with her friends will be able to approve a budget next year. it has a very high deficit and high debt at the moment. big questions over france 's political stability in the european context because of the moment, europe is facing wars on its doorstep with ukraine in the middle east, trumpet, back to the white house in less than seven weeks which is a time where europe will be called to step up and provide a counterbalance to america. yet france , the european union's second st powerful country, has been thrown into a massive political crisis. from the bbc, one of my colleagues also from france, car, please remind audiences why this is happening. >> this is truly a historic day, really, as you said. and the main reason is -- we go back to -- [inaudible] christian: mark, we may have to come back to you because you having problems with the microphone. with me to discuss further what has happened tonight, an honorary member of parliament an

michel barnier, welcome to hardtalk. mr barnier... unless they are the president. but mr barnier was the point man for the eu during the years and years of painful brexit negotiations. charged with keeping eu member states united and the uk in check. it is quite ironic that the man who became nicknamed triple b, barnier, the brexit man in brussels, is pretty much better known in the uk and in eu circles then here in france. i've come to valenciennes, a town in northern france, to ask what people know of their new prime minister. excusez—moi. michel barnier is the new prime minister. no. you don't know him? merci. do you know mr barnier, michel barnier? no. he's your new prime minister. ah, 0k. no, sorry. thank you, bye—bye. but mr barnier is no newbie to politics. ahead of the last french presidential election, he tried and failed to get nominated as a centre—right candidate. so he is known here by people who follow politics closely. but his manner is more officious than personable, as we in the uk may remember. and he is viewed as pr

after 50 days of delay, the french president finally appointed michel barnier to form the government. 73 -year-old barnier previously served as a minister in french governments during the presidency of jacques chirac and nicolas sarkozy. he is also one of the commissioners of the european union and after the brexit referendum , he was one of the main negotiators about the withdrawal of the united kingdom from the european union. emmanuel macron is the leader of one of the politicians leaning towards the center-right parties. the french government collapsed 50 days ago following the defeat of the ruling party in the parliamentary elections. in these elections, no spectrum could win an absolute majority, and the votes were divided between the coalition of left-wing, right-wing and far-right parties . get the extreme right and form a coalition government. tonight, to investigate this issue further, mr. thierry polvolt, a political activist and one of the founders of the yellow vest movement , is going to paris with us. mr. veld, hello , good evening. today is the 50th day of waiting. acc

macron's appointed prime minister michel barnier on his first day of work with nationwide and widespread demonstrations. at the invitation of the new people's front parties , a front that won the majority of the parliament in the recent elections, but the president chose the prime minister. he did not pay attention to them. today, we participated in this demonstration to announce our opposition to the election of michel barnier as the prime minister. this is a coup and an undemocratic action by macron. because it seems. the majority liked it. after about two months of stateless crisis in france two days ago, macron appointed republican michel barnier to the position of prime minister and form the government. an action that has faced the widespread anger of the french left wing. most likely, such protests against the appointed prime minister macron will continue in the coming days and weeks. but according to the experience of b macron is paying attention to the opinion of the majority. first, where did you come from? we are from jirov city. jiroft kerman, yes, and how many years have you

on his first day in office, michel barnier, the appointed prime minister of macron , faced nationwide and widespread demonstrations against the government. hundreds of thousands of people. in paris and 150 other cities, they came to the streets to protest against macron's coup and, as they say, against the theft of votes in the elections. i don't think macron is a democrat. he is teaching democracy to the whole world. he is a dictator it is real and has stolen people's votes. demonstrations against macron's coup were held at the invitation of new people's front parties. the front that in the recent elections. he won the majority of the parliament, but the president did not pay attention to them in choosing the prime minister: manifester suite à la nomination de michel barnier comme premier ministre. today , we participated in this demonstration to announce our opposition to the election of michel barnier as the prime minister . this is a coup and an undemocratic act by makrono because it is liked by the majority. after about two months of stateless crisis in france the other day, macr

it seems inevitable that michel barnier�*s government will follow. that michel barnier's government willvernment will follow. 0k, we'll come back _ government will follow. 0k, we'll come back to - government will follow. 0k, we'll come back to any - 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, _ government of france? well, in the short term, the _ government of france? well, in the short term, the current - 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. forthe for france's fragile public finances. for the time being, at least, president macron remains

the weekend showing the public opinion at the moment are kind of positive on the appointment of michel barnierere may be a narrow window there. it certainly will be difficult. on his first interview on friday, barnier said he will reach out to all sides of the political spectrum to try to form his government. that is key for the next few days. the key deadlines are around the corner. the draft budget set to be tied up by the september 15th and the debate on the budget is supposed to start on october 1st in the national assembly. of course, they will reach out to all sides of the assembly, particularly the far-right with one criticism directed at president macron for picking michel barnier. the far-right group is the kingmakers in the situation. at the moment, the one who led the campaign for the far-right said they want to be constructive opposition and watching closely what barnier will set on the table. you have a bit of a wait-and-see. mr. barnier said he wants to be tough, but human on the immigration and trying to appease those in the national assembly. one important thing the market is c

kailey: michel barnier is out.uel macron naming a centrist, leader of the democratic movement party, franÇoise, do you have a new face. they will face the same issues. joe: it emerged this morning franÇoise bayrou. following the no-confidence vote, a professor of french studies at george washington university, catherine thanks for joining. what does this mean? >> thank you for having me. this is an interesting and predictable choice. if you asked me who would be my top guests, i would say have said franÇoise bayrou. he is a political animal. he has known michel barnier for 40 years and reference to that in his introductory speech today. french people remember him primarily for his 2007 presidential run. he lost. but he was a very important third-party candidate. he has been a leader of one of the main centrist, slightly right parties for decades. he was an early advocate of emmanuel macron, joining his team as early as february '17. he was one of emmanuel macron's initial ministers in '17, minister of justice. he w

michel barnier himself is a former european commissioner, minister, senator, republican, a supporter of a liberal economy and a strong and influential european union, and mr. michel cannot be called such a leftist, so to speak, of course, he is a supporter of the party, you can, you can’t call him , and therefore, of course , the situation turns out that after the parliamentary... elections, the early parliamentary elections, in which the right from marie le pen's party could have won, the left won, and the de facto winner, as of now, can be called macron. well, again , it's a very risky game. look at what macron is doing. the far-right wins the elections to the european parliament. they occupy an absolutely unprecedented number of seats from france in the european parliament. macron of dissolution. the national assembly of france, appoints early parliamentary elections , there is no need for this, parliament could continue to work in peace, and he is holding these elections under the slogan of stopping the far-right, and the people who want to stop the far-right in the second round

, the oldest, the oldest prime minister in history, michel barnier himself is a former european commissionerminister, senator . republican, supporter of liberal economy and strong and influential european union. well, mr. michel cannot be called such a leftist, so to speak, of course, he is a supporter of the republican party. parliamentary elections, early parliamentary elections in which the right could win. from marie le pen's party, the left won, and macron can be called the de facto winner at the moment. well, again, it's a very risky game. look at what macron is doing. the far-right wins the elections to the european parliament. they occupy an absolutely unprecedented number of french seats in the european parliament. macron dissolves the national assembly of france, appoints early parliamentary elections, that's it there is no need. the parliament could continue to work quietly, and it is holding these elections under the slogan of stopping the far-right, and people who want to stop the far-right are voting for the candidates of macron's party and for the left, for the socialists and

you will know him — he is the former brexit negotiator michel barnier. parliament.ills to negotiate a raucus french parliament. and not entirely immune from prosecution. trump pleads not guilty, as his jan 6 case returns to court in washington. welcome to the programme. the waterways here in britain are awash with records amount of sewage. today, the governement announced a new bill that will beef up the powers of the water regulator. in future the water bosses in england and wales will face 2 years in prison if they're found to have obstructed an investigation into a sewage spill and their bonuses will be blocked if they fail to meet environmental and financial standards. but activists say it is not enough. the system is broken, and that current regulations aren't being enforced. here's our environment correspondentjonah fisher. profits and pollution. for years, our water companies have paid out dividends to shareholders and bonuses to executives while at the same time, discharging sewage into our rivers, lakes and seas. but could that be about to change? at a rowi

in france, president macron vows to name a nearby minister within days after michel barnier was oustedno confidence vote. —— a new prime minister. hello, i'm rajini vaidynathan. tens of thousands of people are fleeing syria's third largest city homs in fear that islamist—led rebels will press on with their advance, with one war monitor saying they are already just five kilometres outside. the rebels seized hama to the north yesterday — the second major blow to president bashar al assad, who lost control of the strategic city of aleppo last week. this footage shows rebels, entering the city — apparently unopposed. the un says fighting has displaced more than 280,000 people in the north—west of the country. the united nations secretary general, antonio guterres, called the reignited war a collective failure of the international community. 0ur correspondent barbara plett usher is monitoring the situation from beirut. well, rajini, what we've got is a statement by the rebel operations centre saying that they have advanced quite significantly from hama. they have passed through two main tow

—— michel barnier.he is from the right of french politics and vehemently against. interestingly, downing street congratulating michel barnier on the appointment. number 10 saying we wish him all the best in his new role. the uk enjoys a strong relationship with france and underlining that the prime minister visited paris only last weekend are committed to working collaboratively on our shared priorities and point to illegal migration, with the support of ukraine and delivering sustainable economic growth and also underlying, sir keir starmer, wanted to reset relations with the eu, but the reforms leader, nigel farage, scathing about mr michel barnier�*s appointment describing him as an eu fanatic that will suit, sell—out starmer. that was the quote from nigel farage. sir keir starmer, the shutter brexit secretary through the bitter brexit negotiations, and certainly impressed to mr michel barnier, he wrote in his diaries backin barnier, he wrote in his diaries back in 2018, "i get the feeling that keir

michel barnier is the new prime minister. no. you don't know him? merci. . ah, 0k. no, sorry. thank you, bye—bye. but mr barnier is no newbie to politics. ahead of the last french presidential election, he tried and failed to get nominated as a centre—right candidate. so he is known here by people who follow politics closely. but his manner is more officious than personable, as we in the uk may remember. and he is viewed as president macron�*s prime minister of last resort. a predictable pair of hands hoping to calm even momentarily the political chaos and street protests since the snap parliamentary vote in july. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's take a look at some other stories making use. the ministry of defence says that a member of the british royal navy has died in a training exercise in the english channel. but after a helicopter ditched during the nighttime operation with the hms queen elizabeth aircraft carrier. three crewmembers were on one of the time with two survivors taken to the hospital but facing no serious injuri

michel barnier is the new prime minister. no. you don't know him? merci. new prime minister. ah, 0k. no, sorry. thank you, bye—bye. but mr barnier is no newbie to politics. ahead of the last french presidential election, he tried and failed to get nominated as a centre—right candidate. so he is known here by people who follow politics closely. but his manner is more officious than personable, as we in the uk may remember. and he is viewed as president macron's prime minister of last resort. a predictable pair of hands hoping to calm even momentarily the political chaos and street protests since the snap parliamentary vote injuly. in the united states, police in georgia say they have arrested the father of the teen suspect in the appellation shooting on wednesday. he is being charged with manslaughter and cruelty to children. the shooting suspect has been shout with four cou nts counts of felony murder. he made travelling posts online threatening a school shooting. there was not enough evidence to arrest him. the father was also interviewed. there were hunti

protests are taking place across france over the nomination of michel barnier as the new prime ministerfter an inconclusive election in which the left won the largest number of seats. mr barnier said he is open to forming a government with politicians across the political spectrum. those are the headlines. hello, i'm lukwesa burak. sir keir starmer has become the first british prime minister to visit the republic of ireland in five years. downing street says saturday's visit marks a new era of cooperation and friendship between the united kingdom and ireland, with the two nations looking for a reset after brexit. sir keir starmer met simon harris, the relatively new taoiseach. ahead of their talks, they swapped football shirts and they will be attending a match in a pew i was�* time at the aviva stadium in dublin and the two are holding their face—to—face talk and they did speak to the media before they moved on. today we are here in dublin to probably try to flesh out what a reset actually looks like, and what it looks like in a practical sense for our citizens on both islands, and i c

the appointment of michel barnier as prime minister by president emmanuel macron has brought differento wait and see what happens. i think macron has fallen into a self-made well. many disagree with his decisions. new popular front parties majority holders of the french parliament. immediately after this appointment, declaring that michel barnier has neither political legitimacy nor the legitimacy of the republic, so we will mock him. this crisis, which according to the french is created and paid for by the president , seems to have no intention of subsiding. macron's opponents declared tomorrow, saturday, as the day of protest against illegal rule. shahzovar hosseini of the paris radio agency. i will start the first case with a piece of news . the president of russia said that the world economy is turning towards the east, and because of this, russia's priorities are also changing. vladimir putin at the economic forum east in vladivostok, russia added that developing countries account for more than 50% of global gdp and a third of production. the gross domestic product of the world be

protests across france on saturday, over president macron's appointment of right—wing politician michel barnier mr macron's rejection of a candidate presented by the left—wing bloc that won the most seats in a recent election. mr barnier is the european union's former brexit negotiator and says he is open to forming a government with mps across the political spectrum, including on the left, but left—wing parties, trade unions, and many voters are furious that mr macron blocked their own candidate. there were 130 protests across the country. paris drew the largest crowds, but there were major demonstrations in marseille, nantes, nice and strasbourg. protesters said president macron has made a mockery of those who successfully mobilised against the french far—right in snap parliamentary elections. this summer's inconclusive election in france left the country in a political deadlock, the left—wing bloc winning the largest number of seats but falling short of enough to form a government. president macron defended his decision to appoint a right—wing prime minister by saying the leftist candidate,

prime minister michel barnier was ousted late on wednesday evening after members of parliament unitedo support a no—confidence motion. that toppled the government, and makes mr barnier the shortest—serving prime minister in french history. our paris correspondent andrew harding has the story. moments before the voting began here in paris tonight, michel barnier made a final, ratherforlorn, plea to french mps. the prime minister urged them to back him and his government and his budget, or create chaos. translation: ican't- believe a majority of mps here will vote to destabilise our institutions at a moment where our country is going through a deep moral, economic, financial and civic crisis. but the answer came back fast and conclusive. the speaker of parliament revealing that 57% of mps had voted no confidence in the government, politicians from the hard right and hard left of french politics briefly uniting on this one issue. translation: idon't| feel my head spinning, and i don't consider this a victory. we had a choice to make, and the choice we made was to protect french people. h

it seems inevitable that michel barnier�*s government will fall. 0k, we'll come back to any potential 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 presidential term which ends in 2027. he should resign. mr macron says that is out of the question. so it will be up to him to find a replacement for the prime minister who will then be charged tightening budget you referred to, wh

that is what we heard with michel barnier scrapping that tax on electricity.hey are hoping to raise 3 billion euro out of the 60 billion euro they are trying to find for the next budget to bring the deficit down to 5% from 6% at the moment. as you were saying earlier, the far right claiming victory for the concession. as you said they have more red license lines before they vote on the budget. the pensions are being frozen on inflation. in january, it has been postponed to later in 2025 and they want this to be removed. the negotiations still continue. one of the key votes will be happening on monday on one first package of the budget there. there will be a test there. does the government have the votes to push it through? that would trigger a vote of no confidence. we have to wait and see. we know marine le pen has a lot of influence of the government at the moment. maybe it is not in good interest to pull the plug on that as it is yet. it would just be a change of prime minister. it doesn't address the issues and they have a lot of influence at the moment. t

the protesters consider the appointment of michel barnier as the prime minister of macron's coup in france. on his first day, michel barnier, the appointed prime minister of macron , faced nationwide and widespread demonstrations against the government. took a front that won the majority of the parliament in the recent elections, but the president did not pay attention to them in choosing the prime minister. today we participated in this demonstration to express our opposition we announce the election of michel barnier as prime minister. this is a coup and an undemocratic action on the part of makrono because he has turned his back on the opinion of the majority? after about two months. france's stateless crisis two days ago, macron appointed republican michel barney to become prime minister and form a government, a move that has drawn widespread anger from france's left wing. most likely, such protests against the appointed prime minister macron will continue in the coming days and weeks, but considering the experience of macron's disregard for the opinion of the majority , something spec

president, the only thing that the parliament can do is is to express a vote of no confidence in michel barnier, his government, but now the question arises, of course the left would like to do this because they feel they have been cheated, but if marine le pen's party, which is far-right and... barnier, he is a moderate conservative, she will express of no confidence in the barnier government, then obviously the next prime minister of france will be a left-wing politician, this does not need to be explained, then macron will be forced to appoint a left-wing politician, and no marine lippen will be able to express a vote of no confidence in his government, because the leftists and the macronists will support him in the parliament of this government, which means that marine le pen is much better off being neutral towards this government. to prevent the left from coming to power, i.e. first with the left against the far-right, and now with the support of the far-right, against the left, ugh, but here a new question arises, how justified are the actions of prime minister president macron in genera

he could actually be named michel barnier, who will remain as a caretaker until the new prime minister is named and that could take a while. because there is no majority in parliament it took two months for emmanuel macron to choose a prime minister. and whether he will actually turned to the centerleft this time like we expected last time remains to be seen. this alliance could still rake up with part of the centerleft joining forces with the right wing but that seems like a long way out so some mps from the left are actually calling for him to resign. this would obviously be a bad scenario for the markets but it is clearly a scenario that is not totally off the table at the moment and some parties are also saying that marine le pen is not acting rationally since her trial. she is on trial for alleged embezzlement of european union public funds. the verdict is expected on march 31 but she risks being banned from running for office for five years, which would make her miss the 2027 election so according to our own analysts, they say that le pen at this moment might prefer political cha

it follows michel barnier�*s resignation as prime minister, after his government was toppled in a no—confidencee palace to see president macron who only appointed him prime minister three months ago. he's the first french prime minister to be forced out like this in more than 60 years. his government collapsed after mps of both left and right voted overwhelmingly in support of the motion against him, after he had had used special powers to force through his budget without a vote. well, the constitution means there can't be another general election in france untiljuly next year, so for the moment politics and government seem to be in a state of some paralysis. 0ur correspondent mark lowenjoined me earlier to talk about the pressure president macron is now facing. i mean, he has said that his intention is absolutely to see out the rest of his presidential term. which would be until the next presidential election in 2027. he says he has no intention of standing down. but you're right, i mean, there is a lot of anger against him and a lot of people who feel that he is the person who has brought thi

of michel barnier as the new prime minister. huge rallies in cities across israel as demands grow for a deal to release hostages in gaza. and pope francis is in papua new guinea where he is holding mass in the capital port moresby. hello. welcome to bbc news. we're following a breaking story out of the us state of kentucky, where local authorities are reporting an active shooter situation. they say numerous people have been shot near a highway — i75. shots were reportedly fired at multiple vehicles from a wooded area at around 6pm local time. officers were then called to the scene. the incident is ongoing, about nine miles outside london, kentucky. officials have closed a section of the highway. the state's governor, andy beshear, acknowledged the incident on x — warning people to avoid the scene. we'll bring you more details as they come. more than 100,000 people joined protests across france on saturday, over president macron�*s appointment of right—wing politician, michel barnier, as the new prime minister. it follows mr macr

we've got a government under michel barnier which represents the centre, but it's always been there fromther blocks to come together to bring him down. and that's what's happening. marine le pen, who's kind of held back for all this time and has not pushed her opposition into a kind of outright challenge, is now saying that she's going to do that. and the point at issue is this is this budget barnier�*s spent the last three months basically spent his whole time in office drawing up this budget. so the first bit of legislation that matters that comes before the house and the whole thing looks like it's going to fall, fall apart. so, hugh, in terms of if it goes exactly as you've described, what happens next? do we have a new prime minister put forward? do we have new elections? what is the most likely course of action? well, there's a big problem in all of this, which is that there can be no new elections until nextjuly, because the constitution says there has to be a year between votes. so, no, that that is ruled out. so whatever happens will have the same kind of badly functioning upper

above and beyond that michel barnier has a history in france as well.resence here. but i would say his image is kind of established as technocratic, a rather aloof figure who has spent a lot of his career in europe. that does not necessarily stand in a particular good stead for many french people who are not as anti—europe as the british proved themselves to be during brexit. still, slightly jubilant about it all. quite a lot on his — jubilant about it all. quite a lot on his plate... _ jubilant about it all. quite a lot on his plate... most - lot on his plate... most certainly _ lot on his plate... most certainly does. - lot on his plate... most certainly does. the - lot on his plate... most - certainly does. the biggest thing on his plate is survival. it is far from a thing on his plate is survival. it is farfrom a given thing on his plate is survival. it is far from a given that he will make it beyond a few weeks, even. the national assembly was completely thrown into disarray with these elections, and it means that there are now roughly equal blocks

parliament has been holding a no—confidence debate — which is expected to oust the prime minister, michel barnierr, just three months in office. the government has been teetering on the brink of collapse since monday — when mr barnier forced through an �*austerity budget�*, without allowing mps to vote. the no confidence motion is supported by the majority of mps from across the political divide. finds that britain is used by russian money laundering networks to help organised criminals around the world. and the inscrutable face of fashion. anna wintour gives a rare interview, from behind her famous sunglasses. well, they help me see, and they help me not see, and they help me be seen and not be seen, so they are a prop. let's start in france — where for the last hour the french parliament has been holding a no—confidence debate — which is expected to oust the prime minister, michel barnier, after, just three months in office. the government has been teetering on the brink of collapse since monday — when mr barnier forced through an �*austerity budget�*, without allowing mps to vote. elections th

protesters have demonstrated in paris and other french towns and cities against the appointment of michel barnierime minister. president macron gave him the post on thursday, ending two months of deadlock following inconclusive parliamentary elections. mr barnier spent saturday afternoon visiting a children's hospital in paris. he was asked about protests. translation: i don't want to | waste time with controversies. i hear words like power grab, that is not the spirit we are after here. the spirit is to bring together as many mps as possible for a government of action, with a project and with a spirit of cooperation. it's not about a power grab, and we'll see that those mps who express their views and give us their confidence will be a very important part of an assembly that is very divided. but i repeat, i do not want to get into controversy. earlier our paris correspondent hugh schofield explains the drive behind the protests. i wouldn't say he is a controversialfigure but his nomination is controversial, that's for sure. he is a fairly consensual figure, not an extremist by any means, he is f