France’s Michel Barnier faced an abrupt end to his premiership on December 2 after key opposition parties said they would back a no-confidence motion against his government after only three months in power. Certain that the National Assembly would deny him a majority backing the government’s social security financing plan for next year, Barnier forced...

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