If Barnier’s government falls, it would be the first successful no-confidence vote since 1962, when President Charles de Gaulle’s government was overthrown. Barnier’s government would also be the shortest in the history of France’s Fifth Republic, which began in 1958.

France's far-right National Rally (RN) party said Monday will vote against Prime Minister Michel Barnier in an upcoming no-confidence vote, the party announced through a post on X. Barnier said on Monday he would try to ram a social security bill through parliament without a vote,

The French Prime Minister Michel Barnier has said it is "possible" he could survive a no-confidence vote in his minority government. Opposition parties have tabled the motion to oust the former Brexit negotiator after he used special powers to force through his budget without a vote.