The administration is widely seen as likely to be ousted, just three months after it was formed.
Greece had briefly lost its investment grade credit rating status amid the euro area debt crisis, which led to the nation's sovereign default.
"Beyond economic growth and stability, this will send debt in a non-sustainable direction in France."
Analysts at Dutch bank ING, who previously forecast French growth slowing from 1.1% in 2024 to 0.6% in 2025, said Tuesday that the fall of Barnier's government "would be bad news for the French economy."
Loading chart..."At a time when economic growth in France is slowing markedly, this is bad news.
Persons:
Joel Saget, Michel Barnier, Barnier —, Emmanuel Macron, Macron, Barnier, Carsten Nickel, Nickel, Maybank, Javier Díaz, Giménez, Gilles Moëc, Moëc
Organizations:
Afp, Getty Images, Assembly, Spain's IESE Business School, CNBC, ING, AXA
Locations:
Paris, Germany, France, Greece