French Prime Minister Michel Barnier could face a no-confidence vote by Wednesday in a budget dispute involving social spending, Politico EU has reported.

President Emmanuel Macron appointed Barnier in September, angering the leftist New Popular Front (NPF), which he used to sideline the right- wing National Rally (RN) in this summer’s snap parliamentary election. The macron-backed minority government has clung to power by playing both sides against each other ever since.

However a forthcoming budget has forced the the parliamentary factions into open conflict. Barnier’s proposed budget is “a punishment” that will make the French poorer, and the right-wing RN will vote against the government “barring a last-minute miracle,” party leader Jordan Bardella told RTL radio on Monday.

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Coincidence? Georgia in flames after regime change guru Nuland joins NED

Pro-EU protests are rocking Tbilisi in a strong echo of the 2014 Euromaidan coup in Ukraine.

Victoria Nuland, a US State Department official under the Obama and Biden administrations infamous for her role in the 2014 Ukrainian coup d'etat, re-joined the National Endowment for Democracy's (NED) Board of Directors.

What is the NED?

The NED is a self-described "non-profit foundation" set up in 1983. It receives annual funding from Congress through the US Department of State and is staffed by former government officials.

CIA Director William Casey and senior CIA covert operation specialist Walter Raymond are believed to be the masterminds behind the NED's creation in the 1980s