France’s Looming Dilemma: No Confidence, No Government, No Budget
France’s prime minister, Michel Barnier, is facing a no-confidence vote that could leave the country without a functioning government or a budget as it enters the new year.
Negotiate on the budget or we'll bring you down, France's far right tells government
French Prime Minister Michel Barnier on Monday opted to push through a contested budget bill without a vote in parliament. National Rally (RN) has failed to extract concessions from the conservative minority government,
France at turning point amid budget uncertainty, finance minister says
PARIS, Dec 3 (Reuters) - France is at a turning point due to uncertainty over the country's budget and the future of the government, Finance Minister Antoine Armand said on Tuesday. Expectations that Prime Minister Michel Barnier's government will collapse ...
French government faces no-confidence vote over Barnier's austerity budget
French Prime Minister Michel Barnier is bracing for a no-confidence vote this week, a political reckoning poised to topple his fragile government and send shockwaves across the eurozone
France’s Government Faces a No-Confidence Vote Over Budget Bill
Prime Minister Michel Barnier pushed a budget bill through the lower house of Parliament without a vote. A no-confidence vote this week could topple him and his cabinet.
France Won’t Be Blackmailed on Budget, Finance Minister Says
Finance Minister Antoine Armand said France won’t accept artificial budget deadlines from Marine Le Pen even as the far-right leader gave her strongest indication yet that she’s prepared to topple the government as soon as this week.
France needs stability, says prime minister amid looming budget crisis
Prime Minister Michel Barnier said on Friday that France needed stability, when asked about a possible 'ultimatum' given to him by Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally party due to widespread opposition to his proposed budget.
French government teeters after PM Barnier forces through budget
Barnier opted to push through controversial reforms to social security by invoking presidential decree after failing to win enough support for the measures. One left wing French MP told the BBC the move had left France in "deep,
French Prime Minister Faces No-Confidence Vote After Austerity Budget
Prime Minister Michel Barnier bypassed parliamentary approval to impose the 2025 budget, invoking a seldom-used constitutional provision.
France at turning point ahead of no-confidence vote, minister says
France is at a critical juncture due to uncertainty over the country's budget and the future of the government, Finance Minister Antoine Armand said on Tuesday. Expectations that Prime Minister Michel Barnier's government will collapse this week have hit the stock and bond markets of France,
French PM risks no confidence vote after forcing through budget
French Prime Minister Michel Barnier has used special powers to push through a social security budget bill without a vote by MPs, in a move expected to trigger vote of no confidence in government. Opposition parties are now set to trigger that vote - which could take place as early as Wednesday - and which Barnier's minority government is unlikely
France’s government looks on the brink of collapse. What’s next?
Following the June-July parliamentary elections, the National Assembly, France’s powerful lower house of parliament, is ...
Live Q&A: France's Budget Crisis And Its Impact on Markets
French Prime Minister Michel Barnier pushed through parts of his unpopular budget bill without a parliamentary vote on Monday ...
What's next in France's political and budget crises?
France's minority government is in a precarious position, with the far-right National Rally party promising to force the ...
U.S. investors watch French budget mess amid memories of eurozone debt crisis
Bond-market participants in the U.S. and abroad were zeroing in Tuesday on the possibility that French Prime Minister Michel ...
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FRANCE: Budget
It was claimed that France would have, for the first time in ten years, a balanced budget. That was not entirely the truth. Among the credits appeared an item of 800,000,000 francs (about $ ...
Investors Punish France Over Budget Turmoil
The country’s borrowing costs have soared over worries that a political showdown in Parliament over spending cuts and tax ...
Is France Now Greece on the Seine?
Markets fret about a budget crisis, but slow economic growth is the underlying problem.
France's Barnier to ram through budget bill, local media report, risking being toppled
French Prime Minister Michel Barnier is set to ram through parliament the social security bill of the 2025 budget, leaving ...