![]() Michel Barnier (LR) | |
Date | 4 December 2024 |
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Type | Political crisis |
Cause | Disagreements over the 2025 government budget resulting in a vote of no-confidence against Prime Minister Michel Barnier |
Participants | Barnier government Emmanuel Macron New Popular Front National Rally |
On 4 December 2024, the Barnier government in France headed by Michel Barnier of The Republicans collapsed following a successful vote of no confidence in the National Assembly. Part of an extended political crisis, the vote of no confidence was the first to pass since 1962 and resulted in Barnier's government being the shortest serving in the history of the French Fifth Republic.