Michel Barnier is facing a battle to survive until Christmas as polls show more than half of the nation back a no-confidence ...

The far-right Rassemblement National party could join the left in backing a motion of no confidence if Michel Barnier uses ...

COLUMN. Every day, the prime minister intervenes to try to defuse discontent, without gaining the slightest advantage. The ...

Both sides of the political spectrum are prepared to topple French Prime Minister Michel Barnier’s government in mid-December. Party leaders cite concerns over the 2025 budget, but experts say ...

PARIS — Michel Barnier is heading to Italy early next month, the French prime minister said on Friday, on a trip to ...

France's national budget is so strained that lawmakers are pushing a proposal to make the French work an extra seven hours ...

France's 2025 belt-tightening budget heads to the Senate next week, but few doubt the government will soon be obliged to ...

French farmers protesting pay and conditions and a prospective EU-Latin America trade deal have lifted a blockade on the ...

NEWS ANALYSIS. French President Emmanuel Macron had preferred Michel Barnier to other contenders for the role of prime ...

The head of France’s state auditor, Pierre Moscovici, said the country needs political stability to tackle its high budget ...

The latest moves reflect worries over whether far-right leader Marine Le Pen could back a no-confidence motion that would ...