The government was sacked by parliament on December 4th. Its prime minister, Michel Barnier, had tried to force through his budget for 2025 two days earlier, but met the brutal reality of life without a majority and became the shortest-lived prime minister of the Fifth Republic.

Michel Barnier is forced out as France's prime minister in a no-confidence vote. He was appointed after July’s inconclusive parliamentary election.

French lawmakers voted Wednesday to oust Prime Minister Michel Barnier in the country's first successful vote of no confidence in more than 60 years.

The main opposition Democratic Party and other small opposition parties submitted a joint motion to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol on Wednesday over his martial law declaration the previous night.

South Korean troops have begun to leave the country’s parliament building after the chamber voted to revoke president Yoon Suk Yeol’s martial law decree.