File - Michel Barnier, supporter of conservative presidential candidate Valerie Pecresse speaks during a campaign rally on Feb. 13, 2022 in Paris. President Emmanuel Macron named the former EU Brexit ...

PARIS — Lawmakers gave new French Prime Minister Michel Barnier a rough ride, heckling him constantly, as he laid out his proposed policies in an inaugural speech to parliament on Tuesday, a baptism ...

The French government is widely expected to collapse this week after far-right and leftist opposition parties both filed motions of no confidence against Prime Minister Michel Barnier Monday. Barnier, ...

PARIS (Reuters) - After making his name negotiating Brexit, one of the messiest muddles Brussels has faced in recent years, French Prime Minister Michel Barnier now faces an equally daunting task: ...

PARIS — President Emmanuel Macron has named moderate, veteran politician Michel Barnier as the country’s prime minister, hoping the man who negotiated Brexit for the European Union will work to heal ...

France's far-right and left-wing lawmakers joined together to vote Wednesday a no-confidence motion prompted by budget disputes that forces Prime Minister Michel Barnier to resign. The National ...

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Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne provides funding as a member of The Conversation FR. For Frédéric Sawicki, professor of political science at the University of Paris 1, the appointment of Michel ...

Newly appointed France's Prime Minister Michel Barnier looks on during the handover ceremony at the Hotel Matignon in Paris, on September 5, 2024. France's President Emmanuel Macron appointed former ...

With an increasingly polarized French parliament, the French National Assembly recently convened as opposition lawmakers from both ends of the political spectrum united to oust Prime Minister Michel ...