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 ...

France’s current prime minister, Michel Barnier, is staying on in a caretaker role after being forced to resign, leaving the country in political turmoil and without a budget for the new year.

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 ...

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 ...

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".

France’s government fell on Wednesday night after MPs voted to oust prime minister Michel Barnier’s administration, plunging the country into fresh political turmoil. The 73-year-old former EU ...

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 ...

MARSEILLE, France (CN) — Prime minister Michel Barnier is finally rolling out France’s much-anticipated 2025 budget. So far, only a few things seem clear: The country is publicly acknowledging its ...

The future for French Prime Minister Michel Barnier's government looks bleak, with his struggles to push the 2025 budget through a polarised parliament increasingly likely to end in the toppling ...

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