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 ...

But Bayrou's administration remains weak, and still faces an uphill battle to pass the 2025 budget that led to the ouster of his predecessor, Michel Barnier. On Thursday, 131 lawmakers voted in ...

Theresa May’s chief negotiator was self-assured, fiercely intelligent and several steps ahead of the politicians, writes Michel Barnier, his EU counterpart. He sends sweet text messages and ...

If Bayrou were to lose Socialist support, he would find himself in a similar position to predecessor Michel Barnier: reliant on the grace of the far-right National Rally (RN), which could pull its ...

The resignation of his top diplomatic adviser, has left Emmanuel Macron in a “mess”, an insider has revealed in a damning verdict. Emmanuel Bonne has announced his resignation, adding to the ...

His predecessor as premier, the conservative politician Michel Barnier, was voted out in December when opposition parties from the far right to the left united to reject his budget, which involved ...