Teachers, transport workers, hospital staff, pharmacists and public sector workers have gone on strike in France, as trade ...

Hundreds of thousands of workers were expected to take part in strike action across France on Thursday, after trade unions called for a day of protests against budget cuts. The interior ministry said ...

There have already been some 'attempted blockades' across Paris and 'sabotage attempt against a water network' in Martinique, ...

Nationwide arrests now stand at 99, with 15 in Paris region, jumping from 30 in early hours of protests led by trade unions - ...

France’s government was fractured Wednesday when a coalition of far-right and far-left lawmakers led a no-confidence vote against Prime Minister of France Michel Barnier, leaving the wobbly ruling ...

The French president named Michel Barnier, the European Union’s former Brexit negotiator, nearly two months after elections that kept the far right from power but resulted in political deadlock.

Sébastien Lecornu follows into the arena Michel Barnier and Francois Bayrou, neither of whom could forge a working majority.

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PARIS — President Emmanuel Macron has named moderate, veteran politician Michel Barnier as the country’s prime minister, hoping the man who negotiated Brexit for the European Union will work to heal ...

PARIS – President Emmanuel Macron named Michel Barnier as France’s new prime minister on Thursday, hoping the Brexit negotiator and veteran conservative can work with the country's bitterly divided ...

PARIS — President Emmanuel Macron named Michel Barnier as France’s new prime minister on Thursday, hoping the Brexit negotiator and veteran conservative can work with the country’s bitterly divided ...