France on the brink: how a spat over the economy became a political crisis

With the government facing defeat in a confidence vote, the nation’s rising budget deficit will still need to tackledFrance is stuck in economic limbo, without a budget and soon, possibly, without a government. The prime minister, François Bayrou, has called for parliament to hold a confidence vote on 8 September and, now that parties of the left and far-right have pledged to bring the government down, on paper he doesn’t have the numbers to win.On Tuesday the Socialist Party (PS) added its voice to the dissenters, allying it with the Greens and the far-right National Rally. Continue reading...

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