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.

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 ...

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 ...

French Prime Minister Michel Barnier was set to resign on Thursday after far-right and leftist lawmakers voted to topple his government, plunging the euro zone’s second-largest economy deeper ...

French lawmakers on Wednesday voted to dismiss Prime Minister Michel Barnier 's government just three months into his tenure. The first successful vote of no confidence since 1962 will see Barnier ...

French Prime Minister Michel Barnier will resign on Thursday after far-right and leftist lawmakers voted to topple his government, plunging the euro zone's second-largest economy deeper into ...

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Barnier's government collapsed after MPs voted overwhelmingly in support of the motion against him, just three months after he was appointed by Macron. Wednesday night's vote was the first time a ...

France's parliament voted to oust the government of French Prime Minister Michel Barnier in a no-confidence vote Wednesday evening. The left-wing New Popular Front alliance and far-right National ...

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 ...

French Prime Minister Michel Barnier’s government has lost a confidence vote in the National Assembly, deepening a political crisis and raising questions about the country’s budget for next year.

Mr Barnier has warned that a vote of no confidence will "make everything more serious and more difficult.” He said: “We have reached a moment of truth and a moment of responsibility.