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.
France’s Looming Dilemma: No Confidence, No Government, No Budget
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.
French government faces no-confidence vote over Barnier's austerity budget
French Prime Minister Michel Barnier is bracing for a no-confidence vote this week, a political reckoning poised to topple his fragile government and send shockwaves across the eurozone
French lawmakers to vote on Wednesday on toppling government
France is at a turning point due to uncertainty over the country's budget and the future of the government, Finance Minister Antoine Armand said on Tuesday. Expectations that Prime Minister Michel Barnier's government will collapse due to opposition to his budget have hit the stock and bond markets of France,
French Govt Faces Collapse After Opposition Says It Will Back No-Confidence Vote
The French government is all but certain to collapse later this week after far-right and left-wing parties said they will vote in favour of a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Michel Barnier.
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 ‘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 Govt to Adopt Social Security Bill Without Vote: LCI TV
French Prime Minister Michel Barnier will use a constitutional tool to push through parts of his unpopular budget bill without a parliamentary vote, LCI television said.
French lawmakers brace for more turmoil as no-confidence vote looms
Gupta and Elizabeth Pineau PARIS (Reuters) -French lawmakers will vote on Wednesday on no-confidence motions which are all ...
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 ...
What the Notre Dame restoration says about France’s past – and its future
Visitors rediscovering Paris’s Notre Dame cathedral when it reopens this weekend will be stepping into a highly charged ...
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 ...
France's Crisis Is Finally About to Start
Le Pen appears to have made the calculation that the political and economic mess will serve to hasten Macron’s exit and ...