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It’s the best of times for Notre Dame, but the worst of times for the French PM

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The French president is entering a new period of political uncertainty and parliamentary chaos, which critics say is of his own making.

The repercussions are still being felt from his gamble of calling a snap parliamentary election in June .

It has taken only three months for Michel Barnier to face being ousted in a no-confidence vote, likely to become the shortest-lived premier in modern French history.

There is political uncertainty over how a budget will be decided. Barnier had promised a “new era” for France when he was appointed. This week , he warned the no-confidence vote was “plunging France into the unknown”..