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The budget is a big hurdle for the prime minister.
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Source: AFP
New French Prime Minister Michel Barnier faces a major test Thursday as he presents a deficit-slashing budget to his cabinet before submitting it to a largely hostile parliament.
Barnier, who has been in the job only since last month following an inconclusive general election, this week survived a no-confidence vote brought by leftist deputies who feel they should have been appointed to govern by President Emmanuel Macron instead of the conservative Barnier.
But despite handily seeing off the…
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