France’s Government Is Fighting for Survival Over Its 2025 Budget. Here's What to Know
France's prime minister has used special executive powers to get the 2025 budget approved without a vote by lawmakers ...
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Michel Hazanavicius’ Animated Feature ‘The Most Precious Of Cargoes’ Nominated For 3 César Awards
Claude Barras, who previously won the 2017 César animated feature category for the stop-motion feature My Life as a Zucchini, ...
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France's culture minister says contested public media reform is back on track
France's Culture Minister Rachida Dati says the controversial plan to reform the public broadcasting sector will be completed ...
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The collapse of Barnier’s government shows bold choices are needed to end France’s political deadlock
The no-confidence vote in Michel Barnier that has toppled his minority government was the first since 1962 to oust a French prime minister of the Fifth Republic. 331 MPs from the left and far-right ...
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French PM Bayrou survives no-confidence vote
But Bayrou's administration remains weak, and still faces an uphill battle to pass the 2025 budget that led to the ouster of his predecessor, Michel Barnier. On Thursday, 131 lawmakers voted in ...
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David Lammy’s plan to shake up Britain’s Foreign Office
Theresa May’s chief negotiator was self-assured, fiercely intelligent and several steps ahead of the politicians, writes Michel Barnier, his EU counterpart. He sends sweet text messages and ...
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France’s new prime minister is trying to court the left
Faced with the same problem, his conservative predecessor, Michel Barnier, was toppled by a no-confidence vote in December after just three months in office. He was brought down by an unholy ...
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France’s new prime minister hints at tearing up Macron’s state pension reforms
Mr Bayrou, a close Macron ally, was appointed a month ago after Michel Barnier, the previous prime minister, was ousted in a no-confidence vote. The most contested part of the reform – being the ...
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France's PM Bayrou weakened by Socialist threat to back no-confidence vote
If Bayrou were to lose Socialist support, he would find himself in a similar position to predecessor Michel Barnier: reliant on the grace of the far-right National Rally (RN), which could pull its ...
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French PM: China wants to dominate world via its trade surplus
The new prime minister, who took over after Michel Barnier was toppled in a parliamentary vote in December, also said France could no longer rely on Washington to push China to respect the global ...
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New French PM opens door to rolling back Emmanuel Macron’s pensions reform
His predecessor as premier, the conservative politician Michel Barnier, was voted out in December when opposition parties from the far right to the left united to reject his budget, which involved ...