The Assembly is currently divided into three main blocs – the Front, which has 192 seats, Le Pen’s National Rally and allies on 140 seats, and a centrist coalition who support Mr Barnier ...

Mr Barnier's government is in tatters after France's far-right and left-wing forces joined together on Wednesday evening to vote him out after just a few months in the job. The National Assembly ...

French Prime Minister Michel Barnier’s government has lost a confidence vote in the National Assembly, deepening a political crisis and raising questions about the country’s budget for next year.

The president can’t dissolve the National Assembly and call for new elections until July. Instead he can allow Barnier to ...

It is widely expected that Mr Barnier could bypass a parliamentary vote to drive the budget bill through the National ...

Barnier was the last to speak in the afternoon ... There is no precedent to look back on to find something similar: The Assembly is divided into three irreconcilable blocs (the left, the far ...

France's government collapsed Wednesday after Prime Minister Michel Barnier was forced out in a no-confidence vote in ...

But it does not include routine government question sessions at the National Assembly (lower house) and Senate on those days.

That’s what I’m sure of," The critical vote on Wednesday stemmed from strong opposition to Barnier’s proposed budget. The National Assembly, France’s lower house of parliament, is deeply ...