Government collapses after Emmanuel Macron’s ally wins support of just 194 MPs with 364 against
Bonjour.
After a dramatic debate in the National Assembly last night, the ousted French prime minister François Bayrou is expected at the Élysée Palace today to formally resign from the post, starting the clock for president Emmanuel Macron to name the next person to take on the impossible mission of passing the budget in the current, extraordinarily divided, parliament.
The new PM will be named “in the next few days,” the Élysée said last night, but that could mean anything. Does Macron have someone ready and raring to go?
Over in Norway, the mood is very different as the Labour Party celebrates its electoral win, securing four more years in government after seeing off a surge of support for the populist right in a polarised election. The prime minister, Jonas Gahr Støre, is doing a victory lap this morning.
