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PARIS — The European Union’s former chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier is accusing his former boss Ursula von der Leyen of overseeing an “authoritarian drift” during her tenure leading the ...
French Prime Minister Michel Barnier resigned after a no-confidence vote, becoming the shortest-serving PM in modern French history. President Macron is seeking a swift replacement before the ...
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 ...
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.
Ousted Prime Minister Michel Barnier, who was toppled in a historic no-confidence vote on Wednesday, made extraordinary calm his trademark across a half-century in politics, but goes down as the ...
Michel Barnier submitted his resignation as France's Prime Minister on Thursday, hours after more than 330 French MPs voted to oust him on Wednesday evening. Mr Barnier headed to the Elysee Palace ...
French lawmakers passed a historic no-confidence vote on Wednesday, forcing Prime Minister Michel Barnier and his Cabinet to resign—a first since 1962. The move, driven by budget disputes, saw ...
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 ...
The centrist politician has been tipped to be among the contenders to replace Michel Barnier as prime minister. A prominent political figure, Mr Bayrou is a key ally of Macron, having helped him ...
Shortest serving French PM Michel Barnier became the first French Prime Minister to lose a no-confidence vote in over 60 years. The only other prime minister to be voted out of confidence was ...
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. French Prime Minister Michel Barnier has resigned after his government was ousted by MPs in a vote of no ...