Posted on 08/25/2014 3:28:38 PM PDT by Lorianne
France has been thrown into fresh crisis after President Francois Hollande told his prime minister to form a new government.
This followed a much-criticised show of insubordination by the economy minister.
Mr Hollande ordered Prime Minister Manuel Valls to form a new cabinet "consistent with the direction he has set for the country", the presidency said in a statement.
It did not give any reasons, but the move came after Economy Minister Arnaud Montebourg criticised the country's economic direction and ally Germany at the weekend in a move that angered Mr Valls.
This morning, Mr Valls offered the resignation of his government.
Mr Valls was asked to form a new team only four months ago.
He has continually had to reconcile policy differences between leftists such as Mr Montebourg and more centrist members of his Socialist-led government.
President Hollande's office said in a statement a new government would be formed tomorrow in line with the "direction he [Hollande] has defined for our country."
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As the Iron Lady prophesied,”Socialism works fine until you run out of other peoples money.”
It is like Frasier’s Wine Club...
This sounds like it could be Obama’s dream - fire everyone who disagrees. The only thing the guy in France didn’t do was call them all racists.
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