The compromise did not work. Two motions of censure are filed against the government of Michel Barnier after the use of article 49.3 on the Social Security financing bill (PLFSS) by the Prime Minister, Tuesday December 2. Both will be examined on Wednesday at 4 p.m. France, closely scrutinized by the foreign press, is heading towards a leap into the unknown. A quick overview of the reactions.
• Seen from Belgium: a terrible admission of weakness
“Until the last minute, Michel Barnier tried to avoid the precipice”, assure The Free. The Prime Minister will have tried everything to convince this fractured assembly but had to rely on a “very high risk maneuver” : article 49.3. A last resort, “a passage of strength, which sounds like a terrible admission of weakness”, comments the Brussels newspaper. But more than the defeat of the Brexit negotiator, the censorship expected on Wednesday “reflects a French political scene in full decomposition”. In the end, it's good “the authority of Emmanuel Macron which is at stake”.
• Seen from the United Kingdom: back to square one for Macron
If Emmanuel Macron “loses his third prime minister in just one year, he will find himself exactly where he was in July
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