The choice of a new prime minister is expected imminently. Macron has stressed the urgency of the situation, stating that prolonged instability would harm France. "France cannot afford to wait. The time for decisions is now," he told party leaders during Tuesday's discussions. As the deadline...
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“We knew from day one that he was going to fall,” Mathilde Panot, a lawmaker for the leftist France Unbowed party, told reporters Wednesday. Barnier’s appointment, she said, “was a provocation against the French people’s vote.” ...
France is under pressure from the European Union’s executive body and financial markets to reduce its colossal debt, estimated to reach 6% of its gross domestic product this year. “I know that the risks of difficulties are much greater than the chances of success,” Bayrou said...
Bayrou’s appointment comes also in line with Macron’s efforts to build a non-aggression pact with the Socialists so that they wouldn’t support any future move to topple the new government. The Socialists said Friday they would not take part in the new Cabinet but did not...
Speaking shortly after his appointment, Bayrou warned of "a long road" ahead in overcoming France's political impasse, but added that he was determined to bring about unity. "Everyone understands the difficulty of the task. Everyone says to themselves that there is a path to find that brin...
Whoever Macron names will face a tough job, with parliamentary approval of the 2025 budget one of many challenges at a time when France is under pressure from the European Commission and bond markets to reduce its deficit. Who will become prime minister - and whether they can get a...
Earlier in the day, Macron “took note” of Prime Minister Barnier’s resignation, the Elysee presidential palace said in a statement. Barnier and other ministers will be “in charge of current affairs until the appointment of a new government,” the st...
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With the realisation that France’s position after the EU elections’ euro scepticism is even more threatening to EU unity, perhaps to its very future, than is Britain’s UKIPism, the time may well have come for Ms Merkel to turn to the man she reportedly derided as “Mr Flash” last ...