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February 23, 2026 6:56 PM

Far-right files no-confidence motion against French PM over new energy law

France's far-right National Rally (RN) party submitted a no-confidence motion on Monday against the government following the adoption of a new energy law, which outlines long-term energy targets. The motion is unlikely to succeed, however, with the Socialist Party - a crucial swing vote in the fragmented assembly - indicating it will not support the effort. France unveiled a long-delayed energy strategy this month that scaled down renewable energy goals and eased pressure on the state-run util...

January 19, 2026 9:34 PM

France edges towards budget deal with Socialists welcoming PM’s concessions

France was moving closer to a 2026 budget deal on Monday after the government presented a last-ditch proposal that made concessions to most political parties, senior Socialist lawmaker Boris Vallaud said, ahead of a cabinet meeting on Monday afternoon. President Emmanuel Macron's government lacks a majority in parliament and 2026 budget negotiations in the fragmented legislature have dragged on for months, forcing a rollover budget in the meantime to keep the country afloat. Needing to win sup...

January 15, 2026 6:12 PM

French government survives no-confidence votes, now faces another budget battle

French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu survived two no-confidence votes in parliament on Wednesday, clearing the way for the government to focus on yet another budget showdown in the coming days. The no-confidence motions, filed by the far-right National Rally (RN) and hard-left France Unbowed (LFI), aimed to protest the European Union's trade agreement with the Mercosur bloc. Despite French opposition, EU member states last week approved the signing of the long-debated deal with Argentina, B...

January 14, 2026 6:04 PM

No-confidence votes test French government as another budget battle looms

The French government faces two no-confidence votes on Wednesday that are not expected to pass, which would clear the way for the government to focus on yet another budget showdown in the coming days. The no-confidence motions, filed by the far-right National Rally (RN) and hard-left France Unbowed (LFI), aim to protest the European Union's trade agreement with the Mercosur bloc. Despite French opposition, EU member states last week approved the signing of the long-debated deal with Argentina,...

October 16, 2025 5:46 PM

French PM survives no-confidence votes after making pension concession

French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu survived two no-confidence votes in parliament on Thursday, winning crucial backing from the Socialist Party thanks to his pledge to suspend President Emmanuel Macron’s contested pension reform. The two motions presented by the hard-left France Unbowed and the far-right National Rally (RN) secured just 271 and 144 votes respectively - well short of the 289 votes needed to bring down Lecornu's days-old government. Lecornu's offer to mothball the pension...

October 12, 2025 3:54 PM

French PM Lecornu races against the clock to form government

French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu faces a race against time to form a government by Monday’s budget deadline, as divisions emerged within the conservative Les Republicains party over whether to accept ministerial posts in his cabinet. Just two days after being reappointed, Lecornu must present a draft budget bill to cabinet and parliament on Monday, requiring key ministerial positions to be filled immediately amid France’s deepest political crisis in decades. The LR party’s governi...

October 10, 2025 7:53 PM

France’s Macron holds crunch talks with party chiefs as deadline to name a PM nears

President Emmanuel Macron welcomed mainstream political leaders to a crunch meeting at the Elysee ahead of a self-imposed late-Friday deadline to name a new prime minister, as the country's central bank chief warned political turmoil was sapping growth. Macron, 47, is searching for his sixth prime minister in under two years and will need to find a figure whose appeal spans the centre-right to centre-left in order to steer the budget for 2026 through a fragmented and fractious parliament. Ahea...

October 5, 2025 9:42 AM

French PM plans new tax on people earning over 250,000 euros a year, Les Echos says

French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu plans a tax targeting individuals with annual incomes of over 250,000 euros to try to win the Socialist opposition's backing for his government's 2026 state budget, financial daily Les Echos said on Saturday. Les Echos reported that Lecornu plans two measures, each targeting taxpayers declaring more than 250,000 euros ($300,000) in income - or 500,000 euros for a couple - to raise an additional 3 billion euros in fiscal revenue next year. A first measure...

July 28, 2025 4:03 PM

French PM says EU-US trade deal an act of ‘submission’ and a dark day for Europe

France called a framework trade deal between the United States and European Union a "dark day" for Europe, saying the bloc had caved in to U.S. President Donald Trump with an unbalanced deal that slaps a headline 15% tariff on EU goods while sparing U.S. imports from any immediate European retaliation. The criticism from Prime Minister Francois Bayrou followed months of French calls for EU negotiators to take a tougher stance against Trump by threatening reciprocal measures — a position that ...