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France's prime minister to push through contested budget despite risk of no-confidence vote
French Prime Minister Michel Barnier on Monday opted to push through a contested budget bill without a vote in parliament.
France’s Opposition Parties Call for 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 could topple the government.
Barnier's bold budget move in France spurs opposition parties to pledge no-confidence vote
French Prime Minister Michel Barnier has invoked a special constitutional tool to push through the controversial 2025 austerity budget without a parliamentary vote
French Prime Minister Faces No-Confidence Vote After Austerity Budget
Prime Minister Michel Barnier bypassed parliamentary approval to impose the 2025 budget, invoking a seldom-used constitutional provision.
France: Government at risk as PM forces budget through
French Prime Minister Michel Barnier plans to force his budget through without a vote in parliament. Doing so risks a confidence vote in his minority government instead.
France Won’t Be Blackmailed on Budget, Finance Minister Says
Finance Minister Antoine Armand said France won’t accept artificial budget deadlines from Marine Le Pen even as the far-right leader gave her strongest indication yet that she’s prepared to topple the government as soon as this week.
France’s Far Right Aims to Topple Government Over New Budget Law
Marine Le Pen pledged to topple Prime Minister Michel Barnier’s government after he failed to meet her demands on a new budget, threatening financial and political disruption for France.Most Read from BloombergRiyadh Metro Partially Opens in Bid to Ease City’s Traffic JamsAs Wars Rage,
French government faces no-confidence vote over prime minister’s austerity budget
Barnier on Monday invoked a rarely used constitutional mechanism to push through the contentious 2025 budget without parliamentary approval, arguing it was essential to maintain stability amid deep political divisions.
French government warns Marine Le Pen’s party over budget battle
The French premier on Thursday said he would scrap a plan to increase taxes on electricity, meeting one of the Rassemblement National’s demands. But Marine Le Pen’s party has insisted all its “red line” demands must be met if the government wants to avoid a no-confidence vote as soon as next week.
Le Pen Demands French PM Compromises In Budget Stalemate
Far-right French leader Marine Le Pen told a Sunday newspaper that her party would not necessarily vote to topple Prime Minister Michel Barnier's government -- so long as he agreed to negotiate.
France Latest: Le Pen Sets Out More Budget Demands
Marine Le Pen's National Rally set out further demands for changes to the French government's 2025 budget bill after Prime Minister Michel Barnier dropped plans to raise taxes on electricity in a key concession.
Investors Punish France Over Budget Turmoil
The country’s borrowing costs have soared over worries that a political showdown in Parliament over spending cuts and tax ...
What's next in France's political and budget crises?
France's minority government is in a precarious position, with the far-right National Rally party promising to force the ...
Is France Now Greece on the Seine?
Markets fret about a budget crisis, but slow economic growth is the underlying problem.
Allegra Stratton: UK’s Budget Debate Comes to France
The French government nearing collapse is dominating the news today. At first look, what’s happening in France couldn’t be ...
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 ...
France's Barnier to ram through budget bill, local media report, risking being toppled
French Prime Minister Michel Barnier is set to ram through parliament the social security bill of the 2025 budget, leaving ...
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France’s Barnier makes last-ditch budget concession in bid to retain power
PARIS — French Prime Minister Michel Barnier pulled one final card from his sleeve on Monday in an attempt to lure the far ...
Why France’s spiralling deficit could bring down Macron’s government
France is facing the prospect of the collapse of its government amid a row over how to tackle the country’s large budget ...