Barnier facing his first test in front of the Assemblée Nationale today, announcing his <<politique générale>>. And according to what I can gather from the papers here, it’s going to be a very close call whether his government can actually survive.

Thinking is he’ll have to make concessions to the left (NFP) on tax and climate issues, and to the right (RN) on immigration, in order to thread the needle. Squeaky bum time.