PARIS — Getting ousted from government has not appeared to hinder Michel Barnier’s ambitions. Barnier, the former French prime minister whose government fell to a motion of no confidence after just ...

Richard(Peppy) A. Barnier Sr, passed away on Thursday, December 12, 2024, just 10 days short of his 95th birthday. There will not be any funeral services but a celebration of life will be planned ...

After negotiations across the board with both left and right parties, Mr. Macron appointed Michel Barnier, a moderate right-wing politician, as Prime Minister with tentative support from National ...

French Prime Minister Michel Barnier resigned after a historic no-confidence vote ousted his government. This marks the first successful such vote since 1962. President Macron faces pressure to ...

He must now name a new head of government who will have to navigate the same deeply fractured parliament that brought down Mr Barnier on Wednesday night. The president said he would name a new ...

French President Emmanuel Macron has vowed to stay in office until the end of his term in 2027 following the resignation of the country's Prime Minister Michel Barnier. It comes after politicians ...

Mr Barnier's budget had sought to reduce the fiscal deficit with €60bn (£49.7bn) in tax hikes and spending cuts, but opposition parties wanted to tackle it at a much slower pace.

Paris — French Prime Minister Michel Barnier on Thursday was meeting Emmanuel Macron to submit his resignation after losing a vote of no confidence in parliament, with the president urgently ...

PARIS — French Prime Minister Michel Barnier will stay on in a caretaker capacity after formally handing in his resignation on Thursday, President Emmanuel Macron’s office said in a statement. Barnier ...

Bayrou-Macron lunch Barnier is the fifth prime minister to serve under Macron since he came to power in 2017, with each premier serving a successively shorter period. Given the composition of the ...

Michel Barnier leaves the podium at the end of his speech during the debates on the motion of no confidence, at the French Assemblée Nationale, December 4, 2024. JULIEN MUGUET FOR LE MONDE It ...

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