France's New PM Says To Form Government 'Next Week'
France will have a new government next week, recently installed conservative Prime Minister Michel Barnier said on Wednesday, as he sounded out candidates to run ministries faced with an unpredictable hung parliament.
French PM Barnier says he will name his government next week
French Prime Minister Michel Barnier said on Wednesday that he will form his new government next week, potentially capping one period of political uncertainty ahead of a likely fight over the 2025 budget.
Macron names EU’s Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier as France’s new prime minister
The appointment follows weeks of intense efforts by Macron and his aides to find a candidate who might be able to build loose groupings of backers in parliament and survive promised attempts by Macron’s opponents to quickly topple the new government.
New French Prime Minister Michel Barnier to form government 'next week'
France's new conservative Prime Minister Michel Barnier announced that a new government will be formed next week. Barnier, appointed by President Emmanuel Macron, is consulting candidates for ministries in a politically divided parliament.
Thousands protest in France against Macron's choice of prime minister
Thousands of people took to the streets across France on Saturday to protest President Emmanuel Macron's decision to appoint centre-right Michel Barnier as prime minister with left-wing parties accusing him of stealing legislative elections.
France throws one last party for the Paris Olympics
The curtain will come down on the Paris’ feel-good summer with a grand parade of French athletes on the Champs Elysées as the ...
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France's Le Pen urges fresh polls next year
The parliamentary leader of France's far-right National Rally party on Saturday called for fresh elections next year, just ...
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France tests space lasers for secure satellite downlink in world first
The point-to-point nature of lasers makes them more secure than radio frequencies, and they can’t be jammed the way radio can ...
Macron’s naming of a right-wing government in France and the bankruptcy of Mélenchon
By allying with Macron and falsely promoting him as an enemy of neo-fascism, Mélenchon’s New Popular Front created conditions ...
France's new PM constructs cabinet under far right shadow
France's new right-wing prime minister Friday sought to cobble together a government capable of mustering parliament backing, ...
Bernard-Henri Lévy: Starmer’s suspension of weapons to Israel was a huge political mistake
From an undisclosed location, the philosopher talks Israel, racism and the French election ...
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Michel Barnier says will not create ‘government of the right’
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Michel Barnier said the new government of France would not just come from his own conservative camp as the ...
France’s Marine Le Pen urges fresh polls next year
Marine Le Pen calls for fresh elections in France after political deadlock, Macron appoints conservative Prime Minister.
From the far-right to fiscal challenges, France could lurch from one crisis to another
A French flag is seen on the Place de la Republique as people celebrate after the Nouveau Front Populaire, an alliance of ...