The latest news and top stories on Michel Barnier, a French politician and former European Commissioner. He recently served as Prime Minister of France from September to December 2024. Barnier was the ...

France's Prime Minister Sébastian Lecornu was on Saturday confronting the prospect of more political wrangling after MPs rejected a wealth tax . The decision could bring down his government if a levy ...

Across the world’s democracies, the past year has been one of constitutional turbulence. In France, multiple prime ministers ...

Sébastien Lecornu had been in office for 26 days when he resigned on Monday - he was given 48 hours by President Macron to ...

Political instability has come at a high cost, fueling growing distrust and a sense that democracy is dysfunctional, ...

Nearly 600,000 people participated in nationwide protests across France on Thursday, according to the CGT union, responding to a strike call by trade unions opposing proposed spending cuts in next ...

Lecornu was asked by President Macron to stay on until Wednesday in a last-ditch attempt to achieve "stability" for the ...

The shock resignation of Sébastien Lecornu as prime minister on Monday has piled pressure on President Emmanuel Macron to find a way out of the deadlock and extricate France out of a deep political ...

Sébastien Lecornu was the fourth prime minister to go since the summer of 2024. His departure adds yet more pressure on ...

After eight years in office, Emmanuel Macron's position as president is coming under increasing pressure as France's ...

The sudden resignation of France's prime minister — the country's fifth in two years — has put President Emmanuel Macron in a bind.

French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu faces two no-confidence motions in parliament on Thursday, although his chance of being ousted are seen as slim. Lecornu on Tuesday announced the suspension of ...