00:00French Prime Minister Michel Barnier's government is hanging on by a thread.
00:09On Monday, Barnier decided to use the controversial Article 49.3 of the French Constitution to
00:15force the adoption of next year's social security budget.
00:19In retaliation, both the left-wing coalition, the NFP, and the far-right National Rally
00:24Party have announced that they will be filing separate motions to topple Barnier's government.
00:30The confidence vote could come as early as Wednesday.
00:34So what happens now?
00:35Well, either the motion is passed by the majority, bringing down the Barnier government, or it
00:39could be rejected and the social security bill will then be adopted and then sent to
00:44the Senate.
00:45However, the first option currently seems like the most plausible one, considering all
00:50four parties in the NFP coalition have declared that they will be voting this motion that's
00:56between 180 and 192 seats.
01:00The far-right and its allies have 141 seats.
01:04If all MPs from both groups vote to topple Barnier, well, they will have more than the
01:10289 seats necessary to do so.
01:14And if the government falls, it will be the first successful no-confidence vote since
01:191962, back when Charles de Gaulle was president.
01:23Sofia Katsenkova reporting from Paris for Euronews.
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