Michel Barnier

FRENCH lawmakers on Wednesday voted to oust the government of Prime Minister Michel Barnier after just three months in office, a historic move which hurled the country further into political uncertain...

FRANCE headed into a new political crisis on Tuesday as opposition lawmakers vowed to topple the minority government of Prime Minister Michel Barnier in a no-confidence vote after just three months in...

National Rally’s Marine Le Pen is set to join a left-wing coalition that is likely to topple PM Barnier’s administration as soon as this week

THE French government plans to subject the budget to a 60 billion euro belt-tightening effort next year to hit new fiscal targets aimed at reining in a spiralling deficit, officials said on Wednesday ...

FRENCH Prime Minister Michel Barnier on Sunday called for a “national effort” to cut the country’s public-sector deficit, but ruled out across-the-board tax rises.

France’s new premier said he hoped to finalise a long-awaited government “before Sunday”, as President Emmanuel Macron weighed a lineup that marks a shift to the right, with left-wingers due to protes...

But tighter fiscal policies could put Barnier on a collision course with the president

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Thursday (Sep 5) welcomed the nomination of the European Union’s former Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier as France’s prime minister.

The appointment is a first step toward ending months of political uncertainty after snap elections in June