Emmanuel Macron's Government Suffers First Defeat In French Parliament
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The National Assembly rejected a proposal to give the government powers to demand travellers show proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test when entering France.
France's government has suffered its first defeat in parliament after President Emmanuel Macron's ruling party lost its majority in elections last month.
The National Assembly rejected a proposal on Tuesday night to give the government powers to demand travellers show proof of vaccination or a negative Covid-19 test when entering France.
The defeat by 219 votes to 195 saw all the major opposition parties -- the far-right National Rally (RN), the hard-left LFI, and rightwing Republicans (LR) -- unite against the minority government.
"The circumstances oblige the government to listen to opposition parties which at the moment it has a few difficulties in doing," top Republicans MP Olivier Marleix told Sud Radio on Wednesday morning.
