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Could France head to early elections as the government faces two no-confidence votes?

With the government facing the threat of two motions of no-confidence, Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu has asked Interior Minister Laurent Nunez to explore the possibility of holding early general elections alongside local elections on March 15 and 22, according to several French media and the AFP news agency.

The move comes after the far-right National Rally (RN) and the radical left-wing France Unbowed (LFI) submitted no-confidence motions against the government, citing its failure to prevent the approval of the EU–Mercosur trade deal.

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