Michel Barnier

“Yes” to an amendment to impose a tax on billionaires, the French National Assembly, said in a debate on the tight state budget for 2025.

President Emmanuel Macron weathered a turbulent political summer, but he feels isolated and is frustrated with his new right-wing government, according to people close to him.

Macron's appointment of 73-year-old conservative Michel Barnier as prime minister ended two months of political chaos after snap legislative elections in July.

Migration policy in most European Union member states has become a nagging issue, heard not just as far away as Brussels but also as far away as Luxembourg, where the 27 interior and justice ministers of EU member states are meeting today.

French far-right Rassemblement National (National Rally) RN's parliamentary group President Marine Le Pen walks past a placard which reads "Let's prepare an alernative to a single-party system" as she attends the French far-right Rassemblement National (National Rally) RN party's parliamentary seminar at the French National Assembly in Paris on Sept. 15, 2024.

France’s president Emanuel Macron and his new prime minister Michel Barnier are setting a record for unpopularity. The former garners only 25% of positive opinions and the latter 39%, according to a poll published today.

French Prime Minister Michel Barnier's hard-won new government faced pressure from day one on Sunday, as it came under fire from opponents on both the left and far right, which are now the largest blocs in parliament.

Thousands of left-wing demonstrators on Sept. 7 took to the streets across France to protest against the nomination of the centre-right Michel Barnier as prime minister and denounce President Emmanuel Macron's "power grab."

Protests took place in Paris as well as other cities including Nantes in the west, Nice and Marseille in the south and Strasbourg in the east.

France's new right-wing Prime Minister Michel Barnier started consulting all sides on Sept. 6 to cobble together a government capable of mustering a majority in parliament after two months of political deadlock.

The 73-year-old, a former foreign minister who recently acted as the European Union's Brexit negotiator, is the oldest premier in the history of modern France.

France's new right-wing Prime Minister Michel Barnier promised Thursday to address the grievances of the French but also implement "change" as he took office following almost two months of political deadlock.

Former EU Commissioner Michel Barnier is appointed as the Prime Minister of France, following the decision of the country’s President, Emmanuel Macron.

The announcement from the French presidency comes approximately two months after the early elections, where no party won an absolute majority, leading to a deadlock in negotiations for the head of the new government.