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Mr. Barnier and his cabinet, both appointed by President Emmanuel Macron just three months ago, are now on borrowed time. If they fall this week — as many expect — they will become the most ...
Michel Barnier, France's prime minister, speaks during a no-confidence debate at the National Assembly in Paris, France, on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024. Nathan Laine/Bloomberg via Getty Images ...
France’s government was fractured Wednesday when a coalition of far-right and far-left lawmakers led a no-confidence vote against Prime Minister of France Michel Barnier, leaving the wobbly ...
Barnier is well aware of the stakes, both for France's finances and for his political future. “I know that I am in the hands of parliament,” he said in an interview with La Tribune Dimanche published ...
French lawmakers said they tabled a motion of no-confidence against Prime Minister Michel Barnier on Monday, setting up a vote that could see the far right topple his government within days.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leaves 10 Downing Street, London, following a meeting with then prime minister Rishi Sunak ... The French Prime Minister, Michel Barnier, ...
PARIS — French Prime Minister Barnier on Tuesday took to the airwaves in a last-ditch attempt to convince lawmakers to grant his government a reprieve ahead of a Wednesday no-confidence vote that ...
Barnier’s possible collapse is also sending shivers down the spines of European Commission officials. After placing France under an excessive deficit procedure for overspending last year, Brussels ...
Michel Barnier speaks during a campaign rally on Feb. 13, 2022, in Paris. President Emmanuel Macron named the former EU Brexit negotiator as France's new prime minister on Thursday after more than ...
A harder line on migration. Barnier's speech will reveal how far his government wants to go on fighting illegal migration. While Barnier is seen in EU circles as a creature of Brussels given his work ...
French Prime Minister Michel Barnier said on Friday that the type of deal Italy has struck to divert asylum-seekers to Albania for processing would not likely be feasible in France.
The UK would respect the process set out under domestic legislation when it comes to the International Criminal Court’s arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu, Downing Street said, after France ...