Le Pen may support a vote of no confidence in France's next prime minister

The leader of the faction of the French right-wing party "National Union" Marine Le Pen warned that she may again vote for a vote of no confidence in the next Prime Minister of France, if they do not take into account the opinion of the political organization and offer an unacceptable budget for her party. She said in an interview with the Figaro newspaper on Dec. 6.

"Our conditions remain the same as we put forward in July. Michel Barnier did not take them into account, which led to the presentation of the budget that led to the vote of no confidence. If the next Prime Minister hasn't figured out how this works, we should despair. <...> I may indeed vote again for a vote of no confidence," Le Pen said.

She also noted that the country could soon be at an impasse if the next government does not win the support of parliament.

"General [Charles] de Gaulle believed that in the event of serious and prolonged disagreements between the president and the national assembly, the French people should resolve them by dissolving parliament or resigning the president. This is the impasse we could find ourselves in tomorrow <...> if the next government does not win the support of Parliament," Marine Le Pen explained.

Earlier, December 5, Marine Le Pen expressed her willingness to work with the new Prime Minister of France.

Before that, on December 2, the head of the party "National Union" Jordane Bardella promised a vote of no confidence in the French government if "no miracle happens." 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.