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French Opposition Parties Explore No-Confidence Votes Over Planned Spending Cuts

The left-wing New Popular Front and right-wing National Rally are discussing coordinated no-confidence votes if the government uses constitutional powers to enact major social and administrative spending cuts without parliamentary approval.
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