The Latest Breaking News from Michel Barnier

The French government is ready to offer concessions to parliament to get through its budget, the finance minister said Thursday, in a standoff which is causing market turbulence and risks bringing down the government of Prime Minister Michel Barnier.

A commission of Senators and members of the National Assembly have hashed out a compromise 2025 budget that, if passed by the both full assemblies, could avoid the government having to force the bill through without a vote. But far right and leftist lawmakers, who disagree with many of the…

French far-right figurehead Marine Le Pen on Monday threatened to back a no confidence motion that could topple the government of Prime Minister Michel Barnier in a standoff over the budget, saying after talks both sides were entrenched in their positions.

Far-right leader Marine Le Pen threatens to bring down French government over budget bill disputes and faces trial for misappropriating funds.

French farmers protesting pay and conditions and a prospective EU-Latin America trade deal have lifted a blockade on the Spanish border after an expression of support from Prime Minister Michel Barnier.

French mayors and local councillor associations have united to oppose proposed cuts of up to €11 billion in the 2025 draft budget proposed by Prime Minister Michel Barnier.

‘We will not accept that the purchasing power of the French be once again hit,’ leader of far-right National Rally says

French farmers protesting pay and conditions and a prospective EU-Latin America trade deal on Wednesday lifted a blockade on the Spanish border after an expression of support from Prime Minister Michel Barnier.

The French charity Restos du Cœur, founded by the late comedian Coluche in 1985, has unveiled a significant expansion of its services for vulnerable populations. This as the organisation said it had helped 128,000 children under the age of three between 2023 and 2024.