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Macron’s government collapses … again – podcast

For the third time in a year a French prime minister has resigned and the president has had to swiftly choose a replacement. What’s behind the chaos? Angelique Chrisafis reportsOn Monday, French lawmakers filed into the national assembly in Paris where the embattled prime minister, François Bayrou, had called a confidence vote. It was on his unpopular austerity budget, one that he had hoped would tackle France’s mounting debt – but it would also decide his political future.The gamble didn’t pay off. And, Angelique Chrisafis explains, France’s third prime minister in a year was forced to resign having held his post for just nine months. Outside town halls across France, protestors celebrated with “goodbye drinks” – popping open bottles of wine and carrying signs reading “bye bye Bayrou”, Lucy Hough hears. Continue reading...

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