With French Government Facing a No-Confidence Vote, Marine Le Pen Takes on Her Prime Adversary — President Macron

The drama is developing at Paris as deficits soar and the walls close in on an unpopular president whose miscalculations are starting to add up.

AP/Michel Euler
Prime Minister Michel Barnier at the National Assembly, December 2, 2024 at Paris. AP/Michel Euler

The French government is bracing for a widely anticipated vote of no-confidence on Wednesday, but the looming crisis is only nominally about Prime Minister Michel Barnier’s proposed state budget. Just beneath the surface is the yearslong feud between Marine Le Pen and President Macron — and if the former has her way, Mr. Macron won’t be president for much longer. 

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