File - Michel Barnier, supporter of conservative presidential candidate Valerie Pecresse speaks during a campaign rally on Feb. 13, 2022 in Paris. President Emmanuel Macron named the former EU Brexit ...

The French government is widely expected to collapse this week after far-right and leftist opposition parties both filed motions of no confidence against Prime Minister Michel Barnier Monday. Barnier, ...

Sir Keir Starmer has wished Michel Barnier "all the best" after the former Brexit negotiator was named France’s new prime minister. The announcement came on Thursday after more than 50 days of a ...

PARIS — Lawmakers gave new French Prime Minister Michel Barnier a rough ride, heckling him constantly, as he laid out his proposed policies in an inaugural speech to parliament on Tuesday, a baptism ...

With an increasingly polarized French parliament, the French National Assembly recently convened as opposition lawmakers from both ends of the political spectrum united to oust Prime Minister Michel ...

Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne provides funding as a member of The Conversation FR. For Frédéric Sawicki, professor of political science at the University of Paris 1, the appointment of Michel ...

After two months of political deadlock, French President Emmanuel Macron finally named his new prime minister, Michel Barnier. The former Brexit negotiator's nomination follows weeks of political ...

France's far-right and left-wing lawmakers joined together to vote Wednesday a no-confidence motion prompted by budget disputes that forces Prime Minister Michel Barnier to resign. The National ...

PARIS — President Emmanuel Macron has named moderate, veteran politician Michel Barnier as the country’s prime minister, hoping the man who negotiated Brexit for the European Union will work to heal ...

PARIS, Sept 5 (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron appointed the European Union's former Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier as his new prime minister on Thursday in a bid to end political ...

PARIS, Sept 5 (Reuters) - After making his name negotiating Brexit, one of the messiest muddles Brussels has faced in recent years, French Prime Minister Michel Barnier now faces an equally daunting ...

Sept. 5 (UPI) --French President Emmanuel Macron Thursday appointed the right-wing Les Republicains Party's Michel Barnier as the new prime minister. "This appointment comes after an unprecedented ...