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PARIS — Getting ousted from government has not appeared to hinder Michel Barnier’s ambitions. Barnier, the former French prime minister whose government fell to a motion of no confidence after just ...

Mr Barnier's budget had sought to reduce the fiscal deficit with €60bn (£49.7bn) in tax hikes and spending cuts, but opposition parties wanted to tackle it at a much slower pace.

Mr Barnier had largely vanished from the French political scene after missing out on the nomination from The Republicans (LR) party to challenge Mr Macron in the 2022 presidential election.