Next will see another attempt to bring down François Bayrou's fragile minority government. But - writes John Lichfield - ...

One year since the New Popular Front won a surprise election victory, France’s left looks more divided than ever. This ...

While Emmanuel Macron's departure is still a long way off, the municipal elections of 2026 will see French political parties kick-start their campaigning for the presidential election of 2027. But ...

PARIS — The European Union’s former chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier is accusing his former boss Ursula von der Leyen of overseeing an “authoritarian drift” during her tenure leading the ...

In his book La Citadelle ("The Citadel"), former education minister Jean-Michel Blanquer accused him of having "given the keys to the SNES," the main teachers' union, because he needed to buy ...

The tragedy of Michel Barnier. Our French team was on fire covering the biggest news story in a week of momentous events. This insightful pull-back piece took stock of the short-lived prime ...

But the show of force to oust Michel Barnier’s minority government over his deficit-cutting budget was not without risk — both for the country and Le Pen’s ambitions.

Michel Barnier with then taoiseach Enda Kenny at Government Buildings in Dublin on 11 May 2017 'Couldn't care less' ... Mr Barnier wrote a book about Brexit - My Secret Brexit Diary: ...

Ousted Prime Minister Michel Barnier, who was toppled in a historic no-confidence vote on Wednesday, made extraordinary calm his trademark across a half-century in politics, but goes down as the ...

French Prime Minister Michel Barnier gestures after the result of the no-confidence vote on his administration at the National Assembly in Paris, France, Dec. 4.

Michel Barnier QUITS and becomes France's shortest-serving PM in history after the former Brexit negotiator is humiliated by no-confidence vote, sending the country into economic and political crisis ...

French Prime Minister Michel Barnier gestures after the result of the no-confidence vote on his administration at the National Assembly in Paris on December 4, 2024 as French MPs voted to oust his ...