French far right leader Marine Le Pen may have decided to let Prime Minister Francois Bayrou survive this time round, but his ...

It was the eighth attempt in just seven months to bring down his government. He took office on December 14 following the ...

French Prime Minister Michel Barnier lost a confidence vote on Wednesday. The vote was triggered after he forced through part of the 2025 budget using an executive decree. It was France's first ...

Barnier may face a no-confidence vote after an austerity budget proposal. French Prime Minister Michel Barnier delivers a speech at the National Assembly, the French Parliament's lower house, in ...

Michel Barnier has become the first PM of France to be ousted in a no-confidence vote since 1962. ... says the budget that led to PM Michel Barnier's downfall was "toxic for the French".

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 ...

Mr Barnier's draft budget had sought to cut the fiscal deficit, which is projected to exceed 6 per cent of national output this year, with €60 billion (£50bn) in tax hikes and spending cuts.

France’s government fell on Wednesday night after MPs voted to oust prime minister Michel Barnier’s administration, plunging ...

The French government is prepared to “make concessions” to get its budget though parliament and avoid a market “storm”, the country’s finance minister said on Thursday, in a stand-off ...

After Prime Minister Michel Barnier lost a no-confidence vote in Parliament, President Emmanuel Macron castigated his political opposition for “choosing disorder” and said he would not resign.