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Marine Le Pen to Vote for Special Law to Secure 2025 Budget Amid Barnier Government's No-Confidence Vote

Dec 4, 2024, 04:16 PM

Marine Le Pen, the French far-right leader, has announced plans to vote for a 'special law' to ensure the approval of a budget for 2025, in the event that the current government, led by Michel Barnier, fails to pass a vote of no confidence. Speaking at the National Assembly, Le Pen criticized the government's budget as lacking vision and direction, describing it as technocratic and failing to address uncontrolled immigration. She emphasized that not censuring such a budget would be the 'politics of the worst'. This parliamentary session marks a significant moment as it could potentially lead to the downfall of the Barnier government, which Le Pen has accused of lacking democratic legitimacy.