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reporter: well, let's pick up on that with a member of the european parliament from the national rally of marinethe hard right of french politics. fabrice, thank you for joining us. does your pottery want the post of prime minister? guest: good evening. no. in fact, what we wanted to express tonight when voting the motion of no-confidence, was to protect the french citizens, because our approach, our reading of the budget law was that it was very that fo french people and for the french economy without streamlining administrative services and public services in order to cut bad spending. and now what we expect from the next prime minister that will be proposed by president macron, is that the next prime minister will not only be polite with the national rally, but will also try to understand our points and to get on board as much as possible. reporter: michel barnier was polite to you, i mean, he made big concessions and was in constant contact with marine l pen. he accepted some of her demands. and it seems her redlines kept on shifting. >> yes, our redlines were very transparent, we pressed to

national assembly remains divided into three irreconcilable blocks. the leftist new popular front, the centrist grouping of several parties including macron's, and the national rally of marinehe 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 will not tr

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

marin le pen, leader of. have left the life... that is | marin le pen, leader of the have left the life... that is - marin le pen, leader of the far right national rallyondent, 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 likel

the 8:00 news that there will be some kind of responsibility from mp's, but clearly the national rally of marinen has already said that they will support this vote of no-confidence, even though it has been proposed by the far left. there would be something of unbearable cynicism, and they you mccrone going to come back later today. obviously he will have to name a new prime minister. some say that this could actually happen very quickly in the next 24 hours to avoid this uncertainty that we are seeing in the markets, that we are seeing on the path for france. so a lot will happen in the next few hours, but the big chances that we are going to see a new government in the next 24 hours. jonathan: appreciate your reporting it, i've enjoyed it all morning. markets just quieting down just a little bit over the last few days. lisa: there seems to be at least a little bit of a give-and-take of exactly what happens, even if the vote of no-confidence goes through. i do have to wonder from a structural perspective what this means, especially at a time where yields are coming in in france, but check out th

emmanuel macron wants to free the government from the stranglehold of national rally leader marine le. he's also expected to name a new prime minister within 48 hours. after michel barnier was toppled in a no-confidence motion last week. the dutch finance minister says the political chaos in france does not mean the country's budget should escape european union scrutiny. in a wide-ranging exclusive interview with oliver kruk, he discussed the market fallout from the recent drama in france. >> the challenges are quite big that they are facing. everyone is aware of this. i talked to my colleague, the minister of finance in france. he knows it. politically, it's difficult to get support for that. i do see very much a committed government in order to get government financing back in control. >> another issue is the trade deal that was just signed on friday with ursula von der leyen pugh get the netherlands has been quite concerned on some of the issues in agriculture. what is your position? are you ready to oppose the deal? >> we don't have a position yet. i haven't seen the final agreeme

of national interest". 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

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

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

of national interest". 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

no confidence in the government which has been tabled by an alliance of left—wing parties and marine le pen's populist national rallyt motion and that will result in a comfortable majority it seems, barring a political miracle. it seems inevitable that michel barnier�*s government will follow. that michel barnier's government will follow. 0k, we'll come _ government 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

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

remember that part of this mix here is that he is in control of a minority government that is already fragile. marine le pen's far right national rallyoes this, if he forces this budget vote through without a vote, it 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

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

of heckles — france could plunge into financial turmoil. "we'll be entering unknown territory," said barnier. but the immediate answer from marine le pen was, "bring it on." the leader of the hard—right national rallyd enough," 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 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 ar

of heckles — france could plunge into financial turmoil. "we'll be entering unknown territory," said barnier. but the immediate answer from marine le pen was, "bring it on." the leader of the hard—right national rallyrty would vote to get rid of the current government. "the french have had enough," 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 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. let's speak to eleonora pasotti, professor of politics at the university of california, santa cruz. good talk to. our correspondent andrew harding outlining what is at stake here. tomorrow, wed

of heckles — france could plunge into financial turmoil. "we'll be entering unknown territory," said barnier. but the immediate answer from marine le pen was, "bring it on." the leader of the hard right national rallyough," 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 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. this could be a very interesting week in french politics. if the government does fall, then in the short term, france will no doubt carry on muddling through probably with a transitional budget and a caretaker government, but longer term, this political deadlock needs to be broken. either perhaps next y

no—confidence in the government which has been tabled by an alliance of left—wing parties, and marine le pen's populist national rallypolitical 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 macron 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. thank you to him. the no confid

marine le pen was "bring it on". 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

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 print expected above 200,000 for the month of november. at na

of bringing down the deficit. the far right national rally led in parliament by marine le pen, has vowed to join lawmakers on the left to take down barnier unless he agrees to several of their demands. donald trump is planning his first overseas trip since winning the presidential election last month, and he will travel to paris for the reopening of the notre dame cathedral on saturday. sources tell cnn trump was invited by the french government and his team has been in discussions with president emmanuel macron's office. the cathedral was severely damaged by a fire in 2019, paris police say the reopening ceremony is expected to draw 50 heads of state and of government elon musk's multi-billion dollar tesla pay package has been blocked by a delaware judge again. tesla shareholders approved the payout in june, but some of them sued, arguing that the compensation plan was unfair and not in their best interests. and so far, the judge has agreed the package consists of more than 300 million tesla stock options now valued at around $100 billion. would you believe sex workers in belgium now have access to employment benefi

blamed both far left and far right parties, but singled out national rally party leader marine le pen, who orchestrated the opposition. here's part of what he said about le pen's party in lou carnesecca une seule chose. >> they only think about one thing about the presidential election to prepare it, to provoke it to bring it on. they do that with cynicism if necessary, and a certain sense of chaos. >> well, macron's speech came a day after prime minister michel barnier was ousted in a no confidence vote. barnier officially resigned on thursday, but he'll play a caretaker role until a new government is appointed. still to come, rebel forces are sweeping through syria, vowing to go all the way to the capital as they infiltrate another major city. plus, an exclusive report from cnn's jomana karadsheh and her crew, who became the first western journalists to arrive in aleppo since it was captured by rebels. and why the u.s. state department rejects new allegations that israel is committing genocide in gaza. those stories, after the break with cal poly and sonic toothbrush you always get a professional level clean featuring a patented w

michel barnier is heading toward a perfect storm of political and financial crises that could lead to its collapse. marine le pen�*s far—right national rallyrnment over plans to rein in the massive french deficit. madame le pen has given the prime minister until today to answer her demands to amend his government's budget plans. joining me now is charlotte de montpellier, senior economist at ing economic research. charlotte, good morning to you. good morning. this charlotte, good morning to you. good morning.— good morning. this is real pressure _ good morning. this is real pressure on _ good morning. this is real pressure on the _ good morning. this is real pressure on the prime - good morning. this is real - pressure on the prime minister in france. talk us through what's at stake here. basically, the ground is very fragile, as you said, and the left and far—right — they could bring it down this week if they decide to vote together on a motion of no—confidence. the thing is that the government will use a special article of the constitution in order to pass the social economic budget from next year. if the government does that, indeed, th

of what we're seeing right now unravelling? exactly. 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

national rally's marine le pen today. moody's becomes the latest credit agency to downgrade the nation's debt. and chancellor olaf scholz tables of vote he knows he will lose, triggering a snap election. we will be live in berlin. happy monday. it is the final full week before the end of the year. european futures pointing lower after some losses for european and u.s. stocks. upfront, the central-bank action , but before there, the federal reserve. the fed expected to cut 25 basis points. ftse 100 futures pointing higher and nasdaq 100 futures also unchanged. let's look cross asset. one of the worst weeks of the year in terms of the selloff last week particularly for the 10 year, around 24 basis points higher, little bit of money moving back in but after the selling of last week. euro-dollar getting a lift, gaining .2% and bitcoin smashing through fresh records. it had been above 105,000 on the news that microstrategy will be included in the nasdaq 100. some strength came through last week, currently down by .5%. let's check in on the asian markets, front and center with the data out of china and softness in retail sales and what

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 corresponding christine moon. while i gave my colleague, i mean a group, us mckennon an a you perspective on

of french government turmoil on the country's business and startup sector. ♪ caroline: i think we are just going to hear from the national rally leader, marine le pen, who waspeaking to bloomberg earlier today. take a listen. marine: [speaking french] the president's resignation can only take view in a political crisis or an entity shall crisis can no longer have any other solution than the resignation of the president of the republic. for sure, there will be new legislative elections in the next few months. we should work on a voting system by then that enables us to have a real majority, whatever that majority may be. the country needs a majority. it cannot live for years with three blocks which in reality cannot implement the policy. caroline: that was marine le pen commenting on president macron's position after he has been dismissing growing calls for his own resignation, from politicians across the political spectrum. crime came out saying he will serve his second term in full. he is set to talk further at 8:00 p.m. local time, 2:00 p.m. here in new york. let's discuss the impact for this political drama on french businesses, on tech companies. how is

national leader marine le pen. we will bring you that interview at 8:45 eastern time. that is the leader of the national rallyn france. lisa: and the person who has been calling for the no-confidence vote. a real question about whether she could run again based on cases against her. the bigger question is how long will this take before it gets resolved. it took a long time for emmanuel macron to get michel barnier in the door. the michel barnier method did not work so what comes in next? annmarie: and someone who can pass a budget in this deeply divided parliament. the reason the market is taking office in kind is they will pass a fiscal continuation law. the optics feel worse than what is going on under the surface. lisa, you made a great point to simon french. in the short and medium-term. longer-term this can get messy. jonathan: this could get messy. the markets are not paying attention to it. we can talk about maybe the greater scope is in your for upside surprises. at the moment france is ungovernable and if you cannot govern france you cannot reform and if you cannot reform things will get worse before

marine le pen's national rally and 11 coalition are joining forces to topple the government. lisa: wouldn't this be the shortest lived government going back to the 1950's for the fifth democratic regime ofn of what they can do to remedy this. you get chaos. the next votes is in months and months. if they caved to marine le pen and continue with the deficit that increases over time, is that good for the bond market? if they don't make those concessions and the government falls apart, is that better for the bond market? annmarie: citigroup said no french government will enjoy the policy space whatsoever until the autumn of next year. everyone was inspected the government would be on a short leash. now it will be even shorter. you will have paralysis, a lame-duck government because they cannot have elections until july because they just had an election. that is illegal under the constitution. the focus is going to go to emmanuel macron. is he going to be forced to step aside until 2027? jonathan: we are all looking at the same spread, germany versus france. france versus italy. based on what you described as a big issue between a rock and a hard place for the politicians. lisa: just wait a

of the government to the president. the french prime minister michel barnier losing the no—confidence vote in the national assembly tabled by the left—wing alliance supported by the hard right national rally of marinee is no when he or she told the french media. i when he or she told the french media. ., u, , when he or she told the french media. ., _, , , media. i did not consider this to be a victory. _ media. i did not consider this to be a victory. i _ media. i did not consider this to be a victory. i consider - to be a victory. i consider that we had a twist to make in the choice we made was to protect the french. michel barnier me three promises promising physicaljustice promising physicaljustice promising an additional 40 billion in additional taxes promising to control public accounts the deficit worse and, he had promised to co—construct the budget with the opposition and he did not listen to the opposition when he constructed his budget. consequently, this budget was toxic for the french and the only dignified solution for those given the mandate to protect them was to oppose this budget. protect them was to oppose this bud . et. . , budget. the last time the assembly _ budget. the last t

they depends on the support of the far right national rally. but tonight their leader, marinepen, says she will support a motion of no confidence in the government on wednesday. here to unpack all this from paris we have catherine fieschi, political analyst at the robert schuman institute. good to have you with us, it will be a crucial few days good to have you with us, it will be a crucialfew days in good to have you with us, it will be a crucial few days in front so spell out where we are tonight. it is out where we are tonight. it is auoin to out where we are tonight. it is going to be — out where we are tonight. it is going to be a _ out where we are tonight. it is going to be a crucial _ out where we are tonight. it 3 going to be a crucial few days. essentially, as you stated, michel barnier laid out a budget and decided he was going to avoid putting it to a vote, he knew it had very few chances of going through and the minute he triggered the so—called 49.3 article of the french constitution, it was clear that the left coalition mfp was going to call for a vote of no con

are seeing right across the western world, of course, and france absolutely not immune to that and in fact marine le pen, the leader of the far right national rallyeneficiary of the turmoil france is going through, she was one of those who led this no confidence motion against michel barnier, and even though she says this morning she is not directly calling for president macron�*s resignation she has been very very forthright in her criticism of the president and says it is he who has led frances to this situation of chaos, rather than those who actually brought the motion of no confidence, such as mrs le pen, i mean the fact of the matter is president macron is the weakest his has been, he is criticised widely on the right and left for leading france into this division, stagnation, he say he is determined to stay, he won't resign, he will see out the rest of his term to 2027. how can he alage —— salvage his legs psi? i am outside his office where michel barnier, the now outgoing prime minister has arrived to tender his resignation, we expect the president to except it is and he will make a prime time address this evening on national tv, address

saying their time is now, to have a prime minister, likewise on the far right you have marine le pen of the national rallyy is clamouring for potentially for a prime ministerial post and is rising in parliament, so is he going to go for either or is he going to go for either or is he going to go for either or is he going to go for a technocrat which france has never had, to steer this country through naming a budget for next year, passing a budgets for next year and getting through the next months of stormy waters, there is no easy question e and the fact of matter is, even if a new prime minister will by a pointed as early as this evening, we expect president macron to make a prime time announcement the same problem also remain. announcement the same problem also remain-— also remain. given this was a no confidence _ also remain. given this was a no confidence over— also remain. given this was a no confidence over the - also remain. given this was a | no confidence over the budget and that is still going to be part of the issue, how much of a ramification, a knock on effect is this potentially going to h

that decision angered left wing alliance new popular front and marine le pen's right wing national rally . the ceo ofl rally. the ceo of unitedhealthcare, brian thompson, was reportedly shot and killed in new york city. mr thompson, who had been the chief executive of the insurance giant since april of 2021, was killed outside the hilton hotel in midtown manhattan. the gunman, who was wearing a face mask, fled the scene with a manhunt currently ongoing. new york city police commissioner jessica tisch says this does not appear to be a random act of violence. it appears the suspect was lying in wait for several minutes . the in wait for several minutes. the tory's bid to overturn labour's controversial farmers inheritance tax rate has failed after being thrown out of the commons today, the ayes to the right 181. >> the noes to the left, 339 votes. >> the conservatives had tabled a motion to condemn the tax , but a motion to condemn the tax, but after a vote in parliament it failed by 339 votes to only 181. labour had faced internal division over the vote, with some of sir keir starmer's own mps voting

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of this year. marine le pen is determined to become president of france, which would bejust become president of france, which would be just quite incredible — head of the national rallymonths ahead. ~ ., in the weeks and the months ahead. ~ . ., ahead. well, i mean, ithink that barnier— ahead. well, i mean, ithink that barnier thought - ahead. well, i mean, ithink that barnier thought that - ahead. well, i mean, ithink that barnier thought that he | that barnier thought that he could bring his negotiating skills, honed in brussels, to bear on french politics and on marine le pen in particular. and in the budgetary negotiations here, offered her a series of concessions — in fact, she was really the main politician with whom he negotiated. and yet, in the end, le pen decided that it was better for her politically to say no to austerity and position herself as the defender of low—income groups and pensioners than to play the role of statesman or stateswoman willing to take controversial and difficultstitions for the sake of france's economic health. so it's hard to see how a humpt e—dumpty majority —— humpty dumpty majority might be put back together again without the s

marine le pen's right wing national rally . we're expecting national rally. we're expecting the results of that vote within the results of that vote within the next few minutes . and some the next few minutes. and some more breaking news for you now. the ceo of unitedhealthcare, bnan the ceo of unitedhealthcare, brian thompson, was reportedly shot and killed in new york city. mr thompson, who had been the chief executive of wearing a face mask, fled the scene , with a manhunt currently scene, with a manhunt currently ongoing. new york city police commissioner jessica tish says this does not appear to be a random act of violence. it appears the suspect was lying in wait for several minutes . the wait for several minutes. the tories bid to overturn labour's controversial farmers inheritance tax rate has failed after being thrown out in the commons today. >> the ayes to the right of 181. the noes to the left, 339. >> the conservatives had tabled a motion to condemn the tax, but after a vote in parliament it failed by 339 votes to 181. labour had faced internal division, however, over the vote

marine le pen's right wing national rally. the tories bid to overturn labour's controversial farmers inheritance tax rate has failed after being thrown out of the commons today. >> the ayes to the right of 181. the noes to the left , 339. the noes to the left, 339. >> the conservatives had tabled a motion to condemn the tax, but after a vote in parliament it failed by 339 votes to only 181. labour had faced internal division over the vote, with some of starmer's own mps voting not to break their word on the party's manifesto. promise not to introduce changes to the agricultural property relief. the government amendment was accepted without a need for a formal vote. ceo of unitedhealthcare brian thompson was reportedly shot and killed in new york city. mr thompson, who had been the chief executive of the insurance giant since april of 2021, was killed outside the hilton hotel in midtown manhattan. the gunman, who was wearing a face mask, fled the scene with a manhunt currently ongoing. new york city police commissioner jessica tisch says this does not appear to be a random act of violence. it appears the suspect was lying and waiting for sev

marine le pen's right wing national rally. the tories bid to overturn labour's controversial farmers inheritance tax rate has failed after being thrown out of the commons today. >> the ayes to the right of 181. the noes to the left , 339. the noes to the left, 339. >> the conservatives had tabled a motion to condemn the tax, but after a vote in parliament it failed by 339 votes to only 181. labour had faced internal division over the vote, with some of keir starmer's own mps vowing not to break their word on their party's manifesto. promise not to introduce changes to agricultural property relief. the government amendment was accepted without the need for a formal vote. the ceo of one of the largest private insurers in the largest private insurers in the us, unitedhealthcare brian thompson , has been shot and thompson, has been shot and killed in new york city. mr thompson, who had been the chief executive of the insurance giant since april of 2021, was killed outside the hilton hotel in midtown manhattan. the gunman, who was wearing a face mask, fled the scene , with a manhunt fled the scene, with a manhunt currently still ongoing. new yor