veteran politician Michel Barnier as the country’s prime minister, hoping the man who negotiated Brexit for the European Union will work to heal divisions within France. Barnier’s 50-year ...

French Prime Minister Michel Barnier was set to resign on Thursday ... budget through a deeply divided parliament at a time when France needs to fix ailing public finances. Much focus will also ...

The former French prime minister feels the Commission president sidelined him in the endgame of Brexit negotiations.

France is not used to coalition-building ... French President Emmanuel Macron named Michel Barnier, a traditional conservative and the European Union’s former Brexit negotiator, as prime ...

Michel Barnier was one of the most recognisable EU figures during the protracted negotiations between the UK and the bloc ...

France’s current prime minister, Michel Barnier, is staying on in a caretaker role after being forced to resign, leaving the country in political turmoil and without a budget for the new year.

Prime Minister Michel Barnier will most likely remain as a caretaker ... budget and threatens to further jolt financial markets. France’s lower house of Parliament passed the measure with ...

President Emmanuel Macron has named the European Union's former Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier as France’s new prime minister. The announcement came on Thursday after more than 50 days of ...

France is back in the same position it was in during the summer following the collapse of Michel Barnier’s government, an expert has said. Professor Robert Ladrech, emeritus professor of ...

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 ...

Michel Barnier has become France’s favourite political figure, according to a surprise new poll, two weeks after president Emmanuel Macron appointed him prime minister. The poll comes as the 73 ...