Almost certainly, Michel Barnier’s right-wing government in France will fall on 4 December. Facing fiscal crisis, it tried to get its cuts budget through by “49.3”, a constitutional device enabling ...

French lawmakers are to hold a vote of no confidence on Wednesday to decide on the future of the centre-right government led ...

European markets were muted at the open on Wednesday as investors braced for a crucial no-confidence vote by French lawmakers ...

The euro marked time on Wednesday ahead of France's no- confidence vote, while the Australian dollar tumbled to a four-month low on slowing ...

The euro was trading little changed as the French government faces a no confidence vote later after Prime Minister Michel ...

Kathleen Brooks, research director at XTB, said if Barnier's government did survive, then there would likely be a big recovery in French bonds, stocks and the euro, though a defeat would see the ...

Edmund Shing, the global chief investment officer at BNP Paribas Wealth Management, highlighted that stagnation and ...

French President Emmanuel Macron will preside over the re-opening of Notre-Dame cathedral, with a number of world leaders ...

"At a time when economic growth in France is slowing markedly, this is bad news. The public deficit will remain high, debt ...

How they laughed when Britain’s hard-won reputation for pragmatic and stable government descended into chaos in the aftermath ...

Barring a last-minute surprise, Barnier's will be the first French government to be forced out by a no-confidence vote in more than 60 years, at a time when the country is struggling to tame a massive ...

Political uncertainty in France hit the country's services sector, a monthly survey showed on Wednesday, as risks that Prime ...