Le Pen claims no-confidence motion only way to protect French public from ‘dangerous’ budget – live

Far-right leader says planned measures would ‘worsen the already monstrous deficits of seven years of Macronism’Marine Le Pen, leader of the far-right National Rally (RN), has said a motion of censure “is not a coalition or a political agreement” after the leader backed a no-confidence motion to oust Michel Barnier as prime minister.Le Pen previously said backing the no-confidence motion is the only constitutional way to protect the French public from a “dangerous, unjust and punitive budget”.Let’s be clear: a motion of censure is not a coalition or a political agreement, it is nothing other than the expression of a disavowal of the policy and budgetary choices proposed by the Government. Continue reading...

Le Pen claims no-confidence motion only way to protect French public from ‘dangerous’ budget – live

Far-right leader says planned measures would ‘worsen the already monstrous deficits of seven years of Macronism’

Marine Le Pen, leader of the far-right National Rally (RN), has said a motion of censure “is not a coalition or a political agreement” after the leader backed a no-confidence motion to oust Michel Barnier as prime minister.

Le Pen previously said backing the no-confidence motion is the only constitutional way to protect the French public from a “dangerous, unjust and punitive budget”.

Let’s be clear: a motion of censure is not a coalition or a political agreement, it is nothing other than the expression of a disavowal of the policy and budgetary choices proposed by the Government.

Continue reading...