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.
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 divided into three major blocs: a left-wing coalition known as the New Popular Front, Macron’s centrist allies and the far-right National Rally party. None won an outright majority.
France's prime minister to push through contested budget despite risk of no-confidence vote
French Prime Minister Michel Barnier on Monday opted to push through a contested budget bill without a vote in parliament.
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 at turning point amid budget uncertainty, finance minister says
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 due to opposition to his budget have hit the stock and bond markets of France,
Live Q&A: France's Budget Crisis and Its Impact on Markets
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Barnier's bold budget move in France spurs opposition parties to pledge no-confidence vote
French Prime Minister Michel Barnier has invoked a special constitutional tool to push through the controversial 2025 austerity budget without a parliamentary vote.
France’s Far Right Aims to Topple Government Over New Budget Law
Marine Le Pen pledged to topple Prime Minister Michel Barnier’s government after he failed to meet her demands on a new budget, threatening financial and political disruption for France.Most Read from BloombergRiyadh Metro Partially Opens in Bid to Ease City’s Traffic JamsAs Wars Rage,
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's Political Showdown Puts Markets on Edge
All eyes are on France, where weeks of political infighting have come to a head. The far-right National Rally party has threatened to back a no-confidence vote against Prime Minister Michel Barnier unless he agrees to concessions for the 2025 budget.
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 collapse of Prime Minister Michel Barnier's cabinet unless it yields to its demands on next year's budget.
France And Spain Cutting And Changing EV Subsidy Programs Next Year
The French government’s EV subsidy budget has been slashed from €1.5 billion ($1.57 billion) to €1 billion ($1.04 billion).
France’s Le Pen Boosts Budget Asks Ahead of Monday Deadline
Far-right leader Marine Le Pen, who holds outsize leverage in France’s split parliament, gave Prime Minister Michel Barnier ...
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 ...
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France’s Barnier makes last-ditch budget concession in bid to retain power
PARIS — French Prime Minister Michel Barnier pulled one final card from his sleeve on Monday in an attempt to lure the far ...
Why France’s spiralling deficit could bring down Macron’s government
France is facing the prospect of the collapse of its government amid a row over how to tackle the country’s large budget ...
French far right says government spurned budget talks
To survive the vote in the fractured lower house, Barnier needs Marine Le Pen's party to abstain, otherwise his government ...