The leadership of France’s Socialist Party has on Saturday decided not to vote in favor of a motion of confidence in Prime Minister Edouard Philippe’s government in early July.
Philippe will ask parliament to vote for a motion of confidence in his government as he presents his general roadmap for reform on July 4.
This pitches the party against the government although, no opposition has enough seats to block Emmanuel Macron’s reform plans.
The move confirms that President Macron, who has a broad majority in parliament, will face opposition from his former Socialist Party in addition to hardliners in the conservative Les Républicains (LR) party, far-left MPs from Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s France Unbowed party and Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Front.
Left-wing forces spearheaded by Mélenchon are likely to oppose the president’s reform agenda outside of parliament, with street protests feared in September.
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