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FRANCE: New Cabinet To Be Presented 'Before Sunday'-PM

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Following a fraught day of negotiations on 19 September, PM Michel Barnier has said that he hopes to have a cabinet in place 'before Sunday [22 Sep]'. The composition of the cabinet is set to include seven ministers from President Emmanuel Macron's centrist Renaissance, three Republicans (LR), two MoDem, one Horizons and one from the centrist UDI. Parties forming the leftist New Popular Front (NFP) have denounced the formation of a Barnier gov't, with the far-left La France Insoumise calling for protests against the administration in Paris on 21 Sep. 

  • Deputy Sandrine Rousseau from the Ecologists called the gov't "an alliance of losers". In the July legislative election, the centrist Ensemble bloc came in second place behind the NFP, while LR finished a distant fourth place.
  • With Renaissance (97), LR (47), MoDem (36), Horizons (33) comprising 213 deputies, this is well short of the 289 required for an overall majority. Even with some of the 22 LIOT deputies and centrist non-inscrits this still leaves the gov't vulnerable to censure votes.
  • Parties of the NFP have already stated their intention to move a censure vote against the Barnier gov't once the National Assembly reconvenes 1 Oct. However, at 193 deputies its votes alone would not bring the gov't down.
  • The actions of the far-right Rassemblement National (RN, 126 deputies) will be crucial. Marine Le Pen has said RN will not back a 'prior' censure motion, but that does not preclude voting against the gov't depending on the content of the budget. 
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Following a fraught day of negotiations on 19 September, PM Michel Barnier has said that he hopes to have a cabinet in place 'before Sunday [22 Sep]'. The composition of the cabinet is set to include seven ministers from President Emmanuel Macron's centrist Renaissance, three Republicans (LR), two MoDem, one Horizons and one from the centrist UDI. Parties forming the leftist New Popular Front (NFP) have denounced the formation of a Barnier gov't, with the far-left La France Insoumise calling for protests against the administration in Paris on 21 Sep. 

  • Deputy Sandrine Rousseau from the Ecologists called the gov't "an alliance of losers". In the July legislative election, the centrist Ensemble bloc came in second place behind the NFP, while LR finished a distant fourth place.
  • With Renaissance (97), LR (47), MoDem (36), Horizons (33) comprising 213 deputies, this is well short of the 289 required for an overall majority. Even with some of the 22 LIOT deputies and centrist non-inscrits this still leaves the gov't vulnerable to censure votes.
  • Parties of the NFP have already stated their intention to move a censure vote against the Barnier gov't once the National Assembly reconvenes 1 Oct. However, at 193 deputies its votes alone would not bring the gov't down.
  • The actions of the far-right Rassemblement National (RN, 126 deputies) will be crucial. Marine Le Pen has said RN will not back a 'prior' censure motion, but that does not preclude voting against the gov't depending on the content of the budget.