Macron’s pension reform gamble poses dilemma for center-left opposition – POLITICO
The social security budget would likely need votes from the Socialists, whose 69 lawmakers hold the balance of…
What’s really wrong with French politics – POLITICO
Lecornu, who resigned as prime minister last Monday only to be re-appointed on Friday evening, recognized that the…
Lecornu names new French government after reappointment – POLITICO
Lescure faces the difficult task of passing a budget for next year while cutting France’s massive public spending…
Top French union leader says entire pensions system should be rebuilt – POLITICO
Momentum to suspend the reform, which remains unpopular, has grown in recent days after the collapse of a…
The EU’s worst nightmare has never looked so real – POLITICO
At both the presidential and parliamentary levels, victory for Marine Le Pen’s National Rally is now distinctly possible,…
French Socialists still waiting for concessions from Macron after talks on next PM – POLITICO
The French president has given his outgoing prime minister until Wednesday night to try to find a compromise…
Macron accepts PM’s resignation, then tasks him with emergency talks – POLITICO
His decision was taken at the end of a rollercoaster day during which the French president himself made…
Solitary Macron walks banks of the Seine to plan crunch decision on France’s future – POLITICO
Macron took a stroll, then a boat trip on the Seine, when he resigned as economy minister in…
New French PM Lecornu unveils government – POLITICO
On the whole there are few fresh faces in Lecornu’s government, a sign that the political forces represented…
French PM tries to save skin by ruling out use of constitutional backdoor – POLITICO
Boris Vallaud, a key Socialist Party leader, reacted with skepticism on FranceInfo immediately after the announcement and noted…