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Lawmakers convene at the National Assembly during a debate and prior to a no-confidence vote that could bring down the Prime Minister and the government for the first time since 1962, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024 in Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
![Michel Euler French Prime Minister Michel Barnier holds a document during speeches at the National Assembly prior to a no-confidence vote that could bring down the Prime Minister and the government for the first time since 1962, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024 in Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/7f584b9c9d9344759388608a8917681d/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
French Prime Minister Michel Barnier holds a document during speeches at the National Assembly prior to a no-confidence vote that could bring down the Prime Minister and the government for the first time since 1962, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024 in Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
![Michel Euler French Prime Minister Michel Barnier addresses the National Assembly prior to a vote on a no-confidence motion that could bring him down and his cabinet for the first time since 1962, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024 in Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/ef360e3c6e584c03830db0eaa545fb0f/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
French Prime Minister Michel Barnier addresses the National Assembly prior to a vote on a no-confidence motion that could bring him down and his cabinet for the first time since 1962, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024 in Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
![Michel Euler French Prime Minister Michel Barnier addresses the National Assembly prior to a vote on a no-confidence motion that could bring him down and his cabinet for the first time since 1962, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024 in Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/7ed37a4b1be143748c868da42881aa61/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
French Prime Minister Michel Barnier addresses the National Assembly prior to a vote on a no-confidence motion that could bring him down and his cabinet for the first time since 1962, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024 in Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
![Stephane De Sakutin French far-right leader Marine Le Pen poses prior to an interview on French TV channel TF1, in Boulogne-Billancourt, outside Paris, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024 after France's far-right and left-wing lawmakers joined together to vote a no-confidence motion prompted by budget disputes that forces Prime Minister Michel Barnier to resign. (Stephane de Sakutin, Pool via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/13695f06e332470f8eed7b700c597428/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen poses prior to an interview on French TV channel TF1, in Boulogne-Billancourt, outside Paris, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024 after France's far-right and left-wing lawmakers joined together to vote a no-confidence motion prompted by budget disputes that forces Prime Minister Michel Barnier to resign. (Stephane de Sakutin, Pool via AP)
![Michel Euler French far-right leader Marine Le Pen, center, applauds with other National Rally parliament members during conservative lawmaker Eric Ciotti's speech prior to a vote on a no-confidence motion that could bring him down and his cabinet for the first time since 1962, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024 the National Assembly in Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/e0faefed52894b6198c898aee2fbb8ba/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen, center, applauds with other National Rally parliament members during conservative lawmaker Eric Ciotti's speech prior to a vote on a no-confidence motion that could bring him down and his cabinet for the first time since 1962, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024 the National Assembly in Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
![Michel Euler French Prime Minister Michel Barnier leaves after addressing the National Assembly prior to a vote on a no-confidence motion that could bring him down and his cabinet for the first time since 1962, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024 in Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/13e7d4d5149b4b239e931e3f957370a6/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
French Prime Minister Michel Barnier leaves after addressing the National Assembly prior to a vote on a no-confidence motion that could bring him down and his cabinet for the first time since 1962, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024 in Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
![Michel Euler French far-left France Unbowed party parliament member Eric Coquerel speaks at the National Assembly prior to a no-confidence vote that could bring down the Prime Minister and the government for the first time since 1962, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024 in Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/d0a1137c84644bdb883bd58ecca3e054/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
French far-left France Unbowed party parliament member Eric Coquerel speaks at the National Assembly prior to a no-confidence vote that could bring down the Prime Minister and the government for the first time since 1962, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024 in Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
![Stephane De Sakutin French far-right leader Marine Le Pen poses prior to an interview on French TV channel TF1, in Boulogne-Billancourt, outside Paris, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024 after France's far-right and left-wing lawmakers joined together to vote a no-confidence motion prompted by budget disputes that forces Prime Minister Michel Barnier to resign. (Stephane de Sakutin, Pool via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/6fe26421f6e94c2c99a26a12f0da9078/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen poses prior to an interview on French TV channel TF1, in Boulogne-Billancourt, outside Paris, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024 after France's far-right and left-wing lawmakers joined together to vote a no-confidence motion prompted by budget disputes that forces Prime Minister Michel Barnier to resign. (Stephane de Sakutin, Pool via AP)
![Michel Euler French Prime Minister Michel Barnier gets applause from ministers after addressing the National Assembly prior to a vote on a no-confidence motion that could bring him down and his cabinet for the first time since 1962, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024 in Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/1567c7568d7f479799ee8555638106c0/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
French Prime Minister Michel Barnier gets applause from ministers after addressing the National Assembly prior to a vote on a no-confidence motion that could bring him down and his cabinet for the first time since 1962, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024 in Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
![Michel Euler French Prime Minister Michel Barnier listens to speeches at the National Assembly prior to a no-confidence vote that could bring down the Prime Minister and the government for the first time since 1962, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024 in Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/63504d890fad48c3bdd7dab70331b54a/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
French Prime Minister Michel Barnier listens to speeches at the National Assembly prior to a no-confidence vote that could bring down the Prime Minister and the government for the first time since 1962, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024 in Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
![Michel Euler French far-right leader Marine Le Pen delivers her speech at the National Assembly prior to a no-confidence vote that could bring down the Prime Minister and the government for the first time since 1962, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024 in Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/aa4c5a638a1944c58f174f82bb0014b8/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen delivers her speech at the National Assembly prior to a no-confidence vote that could bring down the Prime Minister and the government for the first time since 1962, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024 in Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
![Michel Euler French far-left leader Jean-Luc Melenchon, left, listens to speeches from the tribunes at the National Assembly prior to a no-confidence vote that could bring down the Prime Minister and the government for the first time since 1962, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024 in Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/acb66bae283e4c8bad566b03c8a00659/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
French far-left leader Jean-Luc Melenchon, left, listens to speeches from the tribunes at the National Assembly prior to a no-confidence vote that could bring down the Prime Minister and the government for the first time since 1962, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024 in Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
![Michel Euler French far-right leader Marine Le Pen delivers her speech at the National Assembly prior to a no-confidence vote that could bring down the Prime Minister and the government for the first time since 1962, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024 in Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/133e02236b074f748271e9c3cbbc43d8/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen delivers her speech at the National Assembly prior to a no-confidence vote that could bring down the Prime Minister and the government for the first time since 1962, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024 in Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
![Michel Euler French Prime Minister Michel Barnier gets applause from ministers and parliament members after addressing the National Assembly prior to a vote on a no-confidence motion that could bring him down and his cabinet for the first time since 1962, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024 in Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/ea60d2403a79417fb7bf0bfd93d4f8eb/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
French Prime Minister Michel Barnier gets applause from ministers and parliament members after addressing the National Assembly prior to a vote on a no-confidence motion that could bring him down and his cabinet for the first time since 1962, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024 in Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
![Michel Euler National Assembly president Yaël Braun-Pivet announces the results after France's far-right and left-wing lawmakers joined together to vote a no-confidence motion prompted by budget disputes that forces Prime Minister Michel Barnier to resign, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024 in Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/d78f6bb091424ddf84f12204d92726b0/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
National Assembly president Yaël Braun-Pivet announces the results after France's far-right and left-wing lawmakers joined together to vote a no-confidence motion prompted by budget disputes that forces Prime Minister Michel Barnier to resign, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024 in Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
![Michel Euler Former French President and now socialist party parliament member Francois Hollande sits at the National Assembly before French lawmakers vote on a no-confidence motion that could bring down the Prime Minister and the government for the first time since 1962, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024 in Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/65a2f40907064a30b2a79acdfae76b9d/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Former French President and now socialist party parliament member Francois Hollande sits at the National Assembly before French lawmakers vote on a no-confidence motion that could bring down the Prime Minister and the government for the first time since 1962, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024 in Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
![Michel Euler French Prime Minister Michel Barnier, center, talks to people at the National Assembly before French lawmakers vote on a no-confidence motion that could bring down the prime minister and the government for the first time since 1962, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024 in Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/be3bbb6ad3b3418a80f127085b26e7d6/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
French Prime Minister Michel Barnier, center, talks to people at the National Assembly before French lawmakers vote on a no-confidence motion that could bring down the prime minister and the government for the first time since 1962, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024 in Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
![Michel Euler French far-right leader Marine Le Pen arrives to deliver her speech at the National Assembly prior to a no-confidence vote that could bring down the Prime Minister and the government for the first time since 1962, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024 in Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/d42817c9c1d54703adca5930cb50b21a/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen arrives to deliver her speech at the National Assembly prior to a no-confidence vote that could bring down the Prime Minister and the government for the first time since 1962, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024 in Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
![Michel Euler A scoreboard at the National Assembly shows the results of a no-confidence motion vote prompted by budget disputes that forces Prime Minister Michel Barnier to resign, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024 in Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/6980b0edc9144a86a33deeed9bcf5366/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
A scoreboard at the National Assembly shows the results of a no-confidence motion vote prompted by budget disputes that forces Prime Minister Michel Barnier to resign, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024 in Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)