France's government has been toppled by a no-confidence vote in parliament, for the first time sine 1962. Prime Minister Michel Barnier served the shortest time in the post in France's modern history.

Michel Barnier, France's prime minister, speaks during a no-confidence debate at the National Assembly in Paris, France, on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024. Nathan Laine/Bloomberg via Getty Images ...

French Prime Minister Michel Barnier has been forced to resign just three months into his term, after lawmakers on the left and the right united to support a no-confidence motion and plunge the ...

After Prime Minister Michel Barnier lost a no-confidence vote in Parliament, President Emmanuel Macron castigated his political opposition for “choosing disorder” and said he would not resign.

Mr Barnier's draft budget had sought to cut the fiscal deficit, which is projected to exceed 6 per cent of national output this year, with €60 billion (£50bn) in tax hikes and spending cuts.

France's government collapsed Wednesday after Prime Minister Michel Barnier was forced out in a no-confidence vote in Parliament, reigniting a summertime political crisis for the country as it ...

French Prime Minister Michel Barnier lost a confidence vote on Wednesday. The vote was triggered after he forced through part of the 2025 budget using an executive decree. It was France's first ...

French President Emmanuel Macron (center left) and French Prime Minister Michel Barnier (center right) meet with members of the new government during the weekly cabinet meeting at the Elysee ...

Michel Barnier is expected to go down as the shortest-serving prime minister in modern French history as both Left and Right unite to end his government. The 73-year-old former Brexit negotiator ...

French lawmakers said they tabled a motion of no-confidence against Prime Minister Michel Barnier on Monday, setting up a vote that could see the far right topple his government within days.

Michel Barnier, the EU’s former chief Brexit negotiator, has become France’s new prime minister, the French president’s office says, ending two months of stalemate following inconclusive ...

French Prime Minister Michel Barnier has been forced to resign just three months into his term, after lawmakers on the left and the right united to support a no-confidence motion and plunge the ...