Prime Minister François Bayrou, who has no majority in Parliament, has lost the Socialists' 'indulgence.' Now, if the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

French Prime Minister Michel Barnier presented to his cabinet on Thursday a budget intended to reduce the country's deficits, ahead of a likely battle in parliament. In office for just over a ...

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

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.

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 ...