french politics Archives

October 12, 2025 4:00 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 t...

October 7, 2025 4:21 PM

Election calls heap pressure on Macron to end political crisis

France's President Emmanuel Macron faced deepening pressure on Tuesday to hold a snap parliamentary election or even resign to end political chaos in the euro zone's second biggest economy that has forced the resignation of five prime ministers in le...

September 8, 2025 4:01 PM

France faces more turmoil with government on brink of collapse ahead of confidence vote

France's fourth prime minister in less than two years, François Bayrou, faces defeat in a confidence vote on Monday, tipping the euro zone's second-biggest economy further into political and economic paralysis. The minority government's expected co...

August 26, 2025 3:29 PM

French minister won’t rule out snap election after PM Bayrou’s confidence-vote gamble

France could find itself heading for another snap parliamentary election, a government minister suggested on Tuesday, after opposition parties said they would vote to oust Prime Minister Francois Bayrou, coinciding with a decline in French market...

March 31, 2025 3:48 PM

France’s Le Pen found guilty in graft trial, awaits decision on potential ban from politics

A French court found far-right leader Marine Le Pen guilty on Monday of misappropriating EU funds and the sentencing expected shortly could see her barred from the 2027 presidential race, upending politics in France. Le Pen, head of the far-right Na...