France’s government looks on the brink of collapse. What’s next?
Following the June-July parliamentary elections, the National Assembly, France’s powerful lower house of parliament, is divided into three major blocs: a left-wing coalition known as the New Popular Front, Macron’s centrist allies and the far-right National Rally party. None won an outright majority.
France’s Looming Dilemma: No Confidence, No Government, No Budget
France’s prime minister, Michel Barnier, is facing a no-confidence vote that could leave the country without a functioning government or a budget as it enters the new year.
France Is On the Brink of a Major Crisis
It looks all but certain that France's government will collapse this week, giving it the unwanted distinction of being the shortest-lived government in modern French history, reports the AP. The ramifications,
French Government Faces No-Confidence Vote Over Barnier's Austerity Budget
French Prime Minister Michel Barnier is bracing for a no-confidence vote this week, a political reckoning poised to topple his fragile government and send shockwaves across the eurozone
French government teeters after PM Barnier forces through budget
Barnier opted to push through controversial reforms to social security by invoking presidential decree after failing to win enough support for the measures. One left wing French MP told the BBC the move had left France in "deep,
France's 2025 budget crisis: Barnier invokes Article 49.3 - what happens now?
French PM Michel Barnier has invoked Article 49.3 to pass budget measures without parliamentary approval, risking a no-confidence vote. Opposition, led by Marine Le Pen, demanded the indexation of pensions to inflation.
Barnier's bold budget move in France spurs opposition parties to pledge no-confidence vote
French Prime Minister Michel Barnier has invoked a special constitutional tool to push through the controversial 2025 austerity budget without a parliamentary vote
France's Barnier will ram through budget bill, risking being toppled
By Elizabeth Pineau and Dominique Vidalon PARIS (Reuters) -French Prime Minister Michel Barnier said on Monday he would try to ram a social security bill through parliament without a vote, leaving him more vulnerable than ever to being toppled in a no-confidence vote by far-right and leftist rivals.
French PM's bold budget move spurs opposition parties to pledge no-confidence
Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally and the leftist France Unbowed announced they would file no-confidence motions in response, setting up a vote for as early as Wednesday that could bring down the fragile government.
French far right party likely to back no-confidence motion against government
France's far-right National Rally (RN) party will likely back a no-confidence motion against the government in the coming days unless there is a "last minute miracle", RN president Jordan Bardella said on Monday.
French government on brink as Prime Minister Michel Barnier faces no-confidence vote
French Prime Minister Michel Barnier is bracing for a no-confidence vote in parliament on Wednesday in which parties from the ...
France's Barnier to ram through budget bill, local media report, risking being toppled
French Prime Minister Michel Barnier is set to ram through parliament the social security bill of the 2025 budget, leaving ...
UK facing 'new migrant crisis' as Brexit-hating Michel Barnier sends France into chaos
The Channel migrant crisis could get even worse as France plunges into economic chaos, Sir Keir Starmer has been warned.
France manipulated by ‘extremists’ into no-confidence vote, says Macron’s interior minister
Extremist parties are playing “Russian roulette” with the future of France as they prepare to bring down the government, the ...
France's Barnier makes last-minute concession to far right in bid to avoid being toppled
French Prime Minister Michel Barnier on Monday made another major concession to Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally ...
Brexiteers celebrate demise of 'very arrogant' Michel Barnier as chaos erupts in France
The EU's former Brexit chief negotiator is expected to be kicked from office tomorrow - and Brexiteers are cock-a-hoop.
France’s Le Pen Boosts Budget Asks Ahead of Monday Deadline
Far-right leader Marine Le Pen, who holds outsize leverage in France’s split parliament, gave Prime Minister Michel Barnier ...
France's far right propped up the weak government. It could now bring it crashing down
France's government is hanging by a thread as the far-right National Rally party threatens to bring down Prime Minister ...