PARIS – France’s conservative right is courting far-right voters after Marine Le Pen’s conviction, with an eye firmly on the 2027 presidential race. Two senior figures from Les Républicains (LR) – ...

PARIS — Getting ousted from government has not appeared to hinder Michel Barnier’s ambitions. Barnier, the former French prime minister whose government fell to a motion of no confidence after just ...

France’s government fell on Wednesday night after MPs voted to oust prime minister Michel Barnier’s administration, plunging the country into fresh political turmoil. The 73-year-old former EU ...

In the name of tax justice, Minister of Economy and Finance Eric Lombard, has proposed making a temporary tax on the wealthy ...

French pensioners benefit from several tax allowances so taxing or ending the tax-related benefits for the most well-off ...

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France's Prime Minister Michel Barnier tendered his resignation on Thursday, after he lost a historic no-confidence vote prompted by budget disputes. Mr Barnier's government is in tatters after ...

PARIS (Reuters) -French opposition parties on Monday threatened to topple Prime Minister Francois Bayrou's government with a no-confidence motion after his finance minister said next year's budget ...

After snap elections in July that left the National Assembly with no workable majority, Mr Macron, the president, thought he had found the perfect political fireman in the form of Michel Barnier ...

France urgently needs to reduce its budget deficit to confront a "tsunami of destabilisation" that includes a bellicose ...

France's Prime Minister Michel Barnier has resigned after losing a vote of no confidence in parliament this week. Mr Barnier and his government will remain in a caretaker role until a new leader ...

Michel Barnier is facing a battle to survive until Christmas as polls show more than half of the nation back a no-confidence vote in France’s new prime minister. According to a survey published ...