Former French prime minister and EU commissioner Michel Barnier discusses French fiscal policy, the state of France's ...

Prime Minister François Bayrou, who has no majority in Parliament, has lost the Socialists' 'indulgence.' Now, if the ...

One year since the New Popular Front won a surprise election victory, France’s left looks more divided than ever. This month’s Socialist congress showed how much the party is at loggerheads with ...

Barnier: “Better to be together in today’s world—with Russian and American aggression, and the rise of China.” Picture credit: Michel Barnier's office.

Mr Barnier, once one of Brussels’ most powerful figures and now a vocal critic, delivers the damning verdict in a new memoir, What I Have Learnt from You, which was published on Wednesday.

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 ...

French PM Michel Barnier was ousted by a vote of no-confidence by opposition lawmakers in the National Assembly on Dec 4. Rumours were doing the rounds about Macron resigning too as the French ...

Michel Barnier’s government can stay on in a caretaker capacity to handle day-to-day business while Mr Macron tries to chart ...

French Prime Minister Michel Barnier speaks during a no-confidence debate at the National Assembly in Paris, France, Dec. 4, 2024. Bloomberg/Getty ...

Michel Barnier pictured ahead of a vote on the UK's Brexit resolution principles in Strasbourg in 2017 "They have not realised the consequences of what is truly at stake here," he wrote.

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 ...