Over 50% of French people want government to fall, survey finds
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French Prime Minister Michel Barnier's government could fall before Christmas, and perhaps even by next week.
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PARIS - Some 53 per cent of French people want Prime Minister Michel Barnier's government to fall due to anger over his proposed budget, according to an Ifop-Fiducial poll for Sud Radio published on Nov 28.
The poll indicated that 67 per cent opposed Mr Barnier's budget, which aims to cut France's spiralling public deficit through €60 billion (S$85 billion) in tax hikes and spending cuts, while 33 per cent backed it.
Barnier's government could fall before Christmas, and perhaps even by next week, if far-right and leftist foes force a no-confidence motion that he is likely to lose, according to a dozen sources from across the political spectrum.
The findings in the Ifop-Fiducial poll were based on a survey of 1,006 people carried out on Nov 26 and Nov. 27.
In an Elabe poll for BFM TV on Wednesday, 63 per cent of those surveyed said President Emmanuel Macron should resign if Barnier's government fell. REUTERS
