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International Business Times
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Stuart Williams and Anna Smolchenko

Macron Seeks Remedy To France's Political Crisis

Michel Barnier became the shortest-serving prime minister of France's Fifth Republic (Credit: AFP)

French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday will seek ways out of France's political crisis, after Michel Barnier became the first prime minister to be ousted by parliament in over six decades.

Lawmakers voted on Wednesday to oust Barnier's government after just three months in office, approving a no-confidence motion proposed by the hard left but which crucially was backed by the far right headed by Marine Le Pen.

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