The latest news and top stories on Michel Barnier, a French politician and former European Commissioner. He recently served as Prime Minister of France from September to December 2024. Barnier was the ...

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Sébastien Lecornu had been in office for 26 days when he resigned on Monday - he was given 48 hours by President Macron to ...

The government of former prime minister Michel Barnier collapsed last year after he tried to invoke ... for issues ranging from the legalisation of marijuana to the Final Say Brexit petition.

The president, thwarted at home, has become increasingly frustrated and weakened at a critical moment for his country and Europe. By Roger Cohen Prime Minister François Bayrou called a parliamentary ...

France politics live: Emmanuel Macron to pick new PM in coming days after Michel Barnier resigns - Mr Macron is racing to ...

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 ruling ...

The end of Michel Barnier’s government looks inevitable, even imminent, and would add to the country’s political malaise. The only question seems to be: How long can he last? By Adam Nossiter ...

“Thousands of angry left-wing protesters” took to the streets in France on Saturday in the “opening salvo” of what “could be weeks or months of demonstrations”, says The Observer. The protesters ...

In naming a new prime minister, Macron has dramatically increased the populist Marine Le Pen’s influence. French President Emmanuel Macron, right, speaks with Michel Barnier, then the European Union’s ...

PARIS (AP) — President Emmanuel Macron named Michel Barnier as France’s new prime minister on Thursday, hoping the Brexit negotiator and veteran conservative can work with the country’s bitterly ...