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Former French PM Michel Barnier announces run for Parliament in by-election
Michel Barnier, who was the prime minister of France for three months in 2024, will run in a constituency in Paris that ...
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Michel Barnier considers running in parliamentary by-election in Paris
PARIS — The European Union’s former chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier is considering running for France’s parliament in a by-election in Paris.
Too many days off? Can France afford the holidays anymore?
France’s public debt has reached €3.3 trillion, or 114 per cent of GDP, with annual interest payments projected to hit €100 billion by 2029. Prime Minister François Bayrou’s 2026 budget proposes ...
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François Bayrou freezes pensions, cuts 40,000 million in social spending, and proposes eliminating two public holidays
The Prime Minister presents the "main lines" of the 2026 budget. French Prime Minister, François Bayrou, is on thin ice after ...
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France 2026 budget: will there be an année blanche and how could it affect you?
Prime minister is searching for €40 billion in savings from the upcoming budget, which could see tax bands frozen ...
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French PM to lay out difficult budget decisions to escape 'deadly deficit trap'
French Prime Minister François Bayrou presents the highly anticipated 2026 budget to parliament on Tuesday, outlining plans ...
Watch CNBC's full interview with Michel Barnier
Former French prime minister and EU commissioner Michel Barnier discusses French fiscal policy, the state of France's ...
France: Macron can call for an election again. Will he?
Though Macron rejected the idea of calling another election during a visit to Madagascar in April, allies have advised him ...