France's prime minister will tender his resignation on the morning of Dec. 5

French Prime Minister Michel Barnier will submit his resignation from the morning of December 5. This was reported by the newspaper Le Figaro on December 4, citing a source in the Elysee Palace.

"Michel Barnier is expected at the Elysee Palace on Thursday morning to formally hand in his resignation letter," the publication said.

It is noted that 331 deputies voted against the Prime Minister, which far exceeded the required 289 votes that would have allowed to demand the termination of the Barnier government.

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Earlier, on December 2, the head of the party "National Union" Jordaan Bardella promised a vote of no confidence in the French government if " no miracle". He admitted that he did not hope for this after deliberate ignoring by the authorities for several months.

At the same time it became known that the opposition of the left in the French Parliament put forward a vote of no confidence in the government because of the decision to adopt the social part of the country's budget without taking into account the opinion of deputies. Marine Le Pen's party "National Union" confirmed that it would support the vote.

The next day, December 3, French President Emmanuel Macron ruled out the possibility of his resignation from office. He called calls for his resignation a political fiction and confirmed his intention to remain in office until the end of his presidential term in 2027.

Ex-European Commissioner, former head of the French Foreign Ministry, moderate right-wing Michel Barnier was appointed as the new French Prime Minister in early September. In October, the government of this composition had already tried to put forward a vote of no confidence, but then the French Parliament rejected it.

In turn, the chairwoman of the faction of the leftist party "Unruly France" Mathilde Panot demanded an early presidential election. She also pointed to the political crisis in the country and blamed Emmanuel Macron for it.