A year after the Hamas raid in Israel, an evening was organized in tribute to the victims and hostages in Paris. Michel Barnier’s mention of the French president sparked boos. The Crif president, for his part, accused the France rebellious for placing itself in “the camp of dishonor”. Follow the full coverage One year after … Read more
Contrary to what the Minister of the Interior, Bruno Retailleau, had suggested, Geneviève Darrieussecq assured this Friday, October 4 that there was “no question of touching” this aid system for undocumented immigrants, which has crystallized the debates for several days. The question seems settled, and this may not please Bruno Retailleau. Asked on franceinfo about … Read more
More taxes for large companies, corrections to the controversial pension reform and more border controls based on the German model: These are some of the major lines of the new French minority government that conservative Prime Minister Michel Barnier presented in the National Assembly on Tuesday. “We will make dialogue and compromise our government’s guidelines,” … Read more
File photo taken in Madrid on May 11, 2023 showing conservative Michel Barnier during an interview for the EFE Agency. Barnier, a former minister and former European commissioner, was appointed Prime Minister of France on Thursday by President Emmanuel Macron, the Elysee announced. Barnier has been tasked with “forming a government of unity at the … Read more
“The stakes are very big for our country and the task is huge in a political context that is far from simple,” said the head of the CPME, François Asselin. Employers’ groups welcomed Saturday the the naming of a new government after a long wait, calls for it “Put to work” and longing “economic prosperity”. … Read more
«The big beneficiaries of the weak leadership of the European Union are the Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinpingsays in “Vima” o Christian Lequenprofessor of European Politics at Sciences Po University of Paris and director of the Center for International Studies and Research (CERI) of France. He adds that “it is absolutely necessary for the EU … Read more
The “smoke” that came out on Thursday afternoon from the presidential Palace of the Elysees in Paris is not only white: France got a prime minister, after 60 days, the right Michel Barnierformer commissioner and former minister of right-wing governments (of presidents Chirac and Sarkozy), but the formation of a government under Barnier, with the … Read more
Public hospital deficit, appointment of Michel Barnier as Prime Minister: Arnaud Robinet answered questions from Jean-Jacques Bourdin. “The Horizons deputies will vote for confidence in Michel Barnier, without hesitation” Invited by the Horizons party, Michel Barnier will participate on September 11 in the parliamentary days of the Ensemble pour la République and Horizons groups which … Read more
Thousands of left-wing voters rallied in France today against the “coup” of President Emmanuel Macron, who finally appointed a centre-right prime minister, Michel Barnier, nearly two months after July’s parliamentary elections. “Rejection of democracy”, “the French did not vote for this”, “he (Macron) should resign”: dissatisfaction, indignation and anger dominated the processions formed by the … Read more
It was not easy to negotiate with the British for two reasons: there was no precedent for what they were negotiating and on the other side of the negotiating table the thing was unbelievable and fake. Boris Johnsonfirst sabotaging Teresa May’s attempts at rationality and then taking the helm of a ship sailing alone. But … Read more