France In Turmoil - Will Barnier’s Government Collapse?
French President Emmanuel Macron will preside over the re-opening of Notre-Dame cathedral, with a number of world leaders present.
France’s government looks on the brink of collapse. What’s next?
Following the June-July parliamentary elections, the National Assembly, France’s powerful lower house of parliament, is divided into three major blocs: a left-wing coalition known as the New Popular Front, Macron’s centrist allies and the far-right National Rally party. None won an outright majority.
What to Expect as France’s Government Faces No Confidence Vote
France’s prime minister, Michel Barnier, is facing a no-confidence vote that could leave the country without a functioning government or a budget as it enters the new year.
France's far right says it will vote government down unless 'last minute miracle'
France's far-right National Rally will force the collapse of Prime Minister Michel Barnier's government unless in a "last minute miracle" he yields to their demands on the budget, its president Jordan Bardella said.
France braces for more turmoil as Barnier government faces no-confidence vote
French Prime Minister Michel Barnier's fragile coalition government faces near-certain defeat on Wednesday in a no-confidence vote that threatens to deepen the political crisis in the eurozone's
France’s Government Faces a No-Confidence Vote Over Budget Bill
Prime Minister Michel Barnier pushed a budget bill through the lower house of Parliament without a vote. A no-confidence vote this week could topple him and his cabinet.
France faces months of political instability as government nears collapse
Prime Minister Michel Barnier's minority government's survival has always depended on the indulgence of its enemies.
France Faces ‘Moment of Truth’ With Government on Brink of Collapse
Prime Minister Michel Barnier warned lawmakers that France has reached its “moment of truth,” as far-right leader Marine Le Pen is set to join a left-wing coalition to topple his government as soon as this week.
French Government on Brink of Collapse Over Budget
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France’s government faces the imminent loss of a vote of confidence
The last time the National Assembly brought down a government was in 1962. “The French will not forgive us if we put individual interests before that of the nation,” Mr Barnier pleaded to deputies in the chamber.
French government faces collapse as left and far-right submit no-confidence motions
The French government is all but certain to collapse later this week after far-right and left-wing parties submitted no-confidence motions on Monday against Prime Minister Michel Barnier. Investors immediately punished French assets as the latest developments plunged the euro zone's second-biggest economy deeper into political crisis,
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French government risks falling in no-confidence vote
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France's Macron Slams Calls To Resign As 'Political Fiction'
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French Political Crisis Deepens: What if Barnier's Government Falls?
The immediate catalyst for the no-confidence motion was Barnier's decision to invoke a constitutional mechanism to pass the ...
Notre Dame’s miracle and France’s meltdown: A pas de deux for the ages
France’s can- and can’t-do split screen — workers who pulled off a miracle at Notre Dame and politicians who loosed a ...