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00:00It's a legal article which has taken center stage in French politics.
00:0449.3. It allows governments who do not have a majority to pass bills bypassing Parliament.
00:12When previous Prime Minister Michel Barnier used it to pass the 2025 budget,
00:17the government faced a no-confidence vote and collapsed.
00:22On Sunday, sitting Prime Minister François Bayrou said he plans to bypass Parliament again.
00:29Several opposition parties, France Unbowed, the Communists and Greens,
00:33say they will vote to bring down the government this week.
00:38Its fate is in the hands of the far-right National Rally Party and the centre-left Socialists.
00:45Former Socialist Prime Minister Lionel Jospin urged his party to leave the government in place.
00:52I call on the Socialists and all of the left to not support the motion of no confidence.
00:59Voting for that today would not be responsible.
01:04National Rally MPs say the decision has yet to be made.
01:09The group will decide on Monday with Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella.
01:13A dilemma for those parties who are opposed to the government,
01:17but who may have to save it again to preserve stability.