Following the June-July parliamentary elections, the National Assembly, France’s powerful lower house of parliament, is ...

Prime Minister Michel Barnier bypassed parliamentary approval to impose the 2025 budget, invoking a seldom-used ...

The end of Michel Barnier’s government looks inevitable, even imminent, and would add to the country’s political malaise. The ...

The last time the National Assembly brought down a government was in 1962. “The French will not forgive us if we put ...

French Prime Minister Michel Barnier on Monday opted to push through a contested budget bill without a vote in parliament.

Push is coming to shove in France. The urgent question now is how its steady slide into political dysfunction will affect the ...

Good morning. France faces its moment of truth. US Federal Reserve officials are keeping their options open. And Zurich and ...

Prime Minister Michel Barnier said on Friday that France needed stability, when asked about a possible 'ultimatum' given to ...

A vote by the lower house of Parliament could force the prime minister to resign, leaving his budget legislation in limbo.

Barring a last-minute surprise, the French government of Prime Minister Michel Barnier will be the first to be forced out by ...

France’s minority government may be on its last legs as opposition lawmakers move this week toward a no-confidence vote.

French Prime Minister Michel Barnier is bracing for a no-confidence vote in parliament on Wednesday in which parties from the ...