Emmanuel Macron loses another prime minister
Mr Macron seems to want to appoint a successor swiftly. He needs a new team in order to use special measures to roll over this year’s budget provisions, without inflation adjustments, into 2025. Various veteran centrists or conservatives could be stop-gap options.
Macron now risks losing control altogether – and it was all his own doing
But the political fallout is potentially greater. Macron is in danger of losing political control altogether, as the parliament continues to defy him. The president already seems diminished in Europe and worldwide – a far cry from the confident and implausibly youthful leader of just a few years ago, bubbling with energy and ideas.
French economy faces turmoil after Prime Minister loses vote of no confidence
The French government falls after the Prime Minister Michel Barnier tries to force through a budget without a vote. France is facing difficult economic challenges after the government collapses. Prime Minister Michel Barnier leadership was called into question after he used special powers to push through the budget without a vote.
French government felled in no-confidence vote, deepening political crisis
By Elizabeth Pineau and Michel Rose PARIS (Reuters) -French lawmakers passed a no-confidence vote against the government on Wednesday, throwing the European Union's second-biggest economic power deeper into a crisis that threatens its capacity to legislate and tame a massive budget deficit.
French lawmakers vote to oust prime minister Michel Barnier
France’s far-right and left-wing lawmakers joined together Wednesday in a historic no-confidence vote prompted by budget disputes that forces Prime Minister Michel Barnier and his Cabinet members to resign,
Macron aims to install new French PM quickly if government falls, sources say
French President Emmanuel Macron aims to install a new prime minister quickly if his government falls on Wednesday, three ...
Emmanuel Macron’s Wager Pays Off for Marine Le Pen
The government’s collapse leaves the right-wing populist with her best shot at the French presidency.
Discredited Macron should resign now
The fall of the French government, after Michel Barnier lost a no-confidence vote in the National Assembly last night, brings ...
French PM Michel Barnier loses no-confidence vote as government collapses in fresh crisis for Macron
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It is true that the French far-left and far-right are after Macron, says fellow
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Macron’s Paris invite shows power fast flowing from Biden to Trump
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Macron says he will not resign despite coming government collapse
Emmanuel Macron, the French president, said on Tuesday night that it was “political fiction” to suggest he would resign over ...
Restoration workers "make possible the unthinkable" with Notre Dame reopening, France's Macron says
Many doubted the Cathedral of Notre Dame could be restored in five years, but the beloved landmark is set to reopen its doors ...
Notre-Dame Shines, and World Gets a Sneak Peek, on Macron’s Televised Tour
You’ve achieved what was said to be impossible,” the French president told workers at the Paris monument, which will reopen ...
Macron pleaded with Trump on phone to attend Notre Dame reopening
Emmanuel Macron pleaded with Donald Trump to attend the grand re-opening of Notre Dame in a long phone call, it has emerged.
French left calls for Macron to resign, hold early elections after Government ousted
France’s hard-left today urged President Emmanuel Macron to resign and hold early presidential elections after opposition ...