While Michel Barnier's government finds itself threatened by two motions of censure, the foreign media are not skimping on metaphors to describe the political climate in France.
“He was supposed to be the man for the job,” Politico noted. This Wednesday, December 4, Michel Barnier's government could fall if the two motions of censure tabled by the National Rally and La France insoumise were adopted.
An event that could go down in history in France, not only because this device only brought down one government in the Fifth Republic (in 1962), but also because Michel Barnier was Prime Minister for only three months. , the shortest term in this position.
Thus, “the brief passage of Michel Barnier will end in a cataclysmic flop which could cause a shock wave throughout Europe,” estimated Politico. If the coalition between the far right and the left were to succeed, Michel Barnier's reputation would be “tainted”.
“Has France become Greece-sur-Seine?”
In England, The Guardian questions the motivations of Marine Le Pen, recalling her legal troubles. “She could hope, if she were at the Élysée at the beginning of February, to make the judges' task impossible when they have to decide on her ineligibility on March 31.”
“By bringing down the French government, Marine Le Pen is banking on chaos,” adds the Swiss newspaper Blick. For the daily, “France would sink further into the political crisis (…), with the added risk of a financial crisis linked to market confidence”.
For its part, the Wall Street Journal compares the French situation to that of Greece, headlined in an editorial, “has France become Greece-sur-Seine?” For its part, the New York Times underlines that France can count on its economy being more solid than that of Greece.
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