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French government survives no-confidence vote amid budget wrangling
France's minority government led by Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu has once again survived two votes of no confidence brought by the…
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French lawmakers narrowly approve health care budget, suspending Macron's flagship pension reform
PARIS (AP) — France’s lower house of parliament narrowly approved on Tuesday a key health care budget bill, offering the minority…
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France's $6.4 Billion Tax Break for Heirs Faces Crackdown After Shocking Audit
This article first appeared on GuruFocus. France's Dutreil succession regime is suddenly at the center of a fiscal storm, after the Cour…
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France faces more political upheaval as prime minister's fate hangs in the balance
PARIS (AP) — France risks losing its third prime minister in 12 months on Monday, with incumbent François Bayrou facing a parliamentary…
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France's Bayrou calls vote of confidence over austerity budget plans
French Prime Minister François Bayrou is to call a vote of confidence as lawmakers grapple over his austerity budget. Bayrou said on…
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French PM set to force budget through parliament
French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou will Monday force through France's budget without a vote, a move set to prompt a no-confidence…
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Macron wants new prime minister and government quickly
French President Emmanuel Macron is seeking a fast turnaround after the fall of the government with the appointment of a new prime…
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Macron shuns resignation calls after government collapse
Following the collapse of France's centre-right government, President Emmanuel Macron has rejected calls for his resignation. In an…
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France's Macron to address nation day after no-confidence vote topples government
PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron will address the nation Thursday, a day after the National Assembly ousted Prime Minister…
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France's political crisis deepens as lawmakers topple government
French Prime Minister Michel Barnier's three-month-old minority government was toppled on Wednesday in a no-confidence motion supported by…
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Japan government to approve $140bn stimulus
Japan already has one of the world's biggest ratios of national debt to output (Richard A. Brooks) Japan's minority government was…
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Australian PM’s Party Trails Opposition for First Time in Poll
(Bloomberg) -- Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s Labor party fell behind the center-right opposition in a closely watched poll…
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Canada's NDP pulls support for Trudeau's Liberals
Canada’s left-wing New Democratic Party (NDP) has pulled the plug on a two-and-a-half-year-old agreement with Justin Trudeau's Liberals…
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Unity government is S Africa's best option - Ramaphosa
South Africa's African National Congress (ANC) will invite other political parties to form a government of national unity, its leader…