The no-confidence vote in Michel Barnier that has toppled his minority government was the first since 1962 to oust a French prime minister of the Fifth Republic. 331 MPs from the left and far-right ...

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France’s new prime minister has hinted at plans to water down Emmanuel Macron’s controversial state pension reforms ...

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A new government headed by conservative Michel Barnier stumbled along for three months with the Rally’s tacit support, but in December Marine Le Pen withdrew that support and joined the left in ...

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as it was for his predecessor Michel Barnier, who was ousted in December. However, Bayrou – similar to Barnier – faces challenges over finding ways to cut public spending amid opposition from ...

€10bn less than the mix of tax rises and cuts put forward by former prime minister Michel Barnier before his government was ousted in a no-confidence vote in December. “It will essentially ...

The other key player, then-EU negotiator Michel Barnier, found his short stint as French prime minister ended abruptly in December. All these men are gone but the most contentious part of the deal ...