Emmanuel Macron
France’s political crisis just saw the government ousted — but Paris’ problems have just begun
French Prime Minister Michel Barnier delivers a speech during the debate prior to the no-confidence votes on his administration at the National Assembly in Paris, France on December 4, 2024. Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images The toppling of French Prime Minister Michel Barnier’s government Wednesday can be seen as the climax of months of […]
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French government toppled in no-confidence vote brought by opposition
France’s Prime Minister Michel Barnier (C) looks on during a session of questions to the government at The National Assembly in Paris, on December 3, 2024. Julien De Rosa | Afp | Getty Images The French government has been toppled in a vote of no confidence Wednesday, plunging the euro zone’s second-largest economy into a […]
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Here’s how investors are trading France’s political chaos
The French government is on the brink of collapse and investors are gearing up for a volatile week of trading, with some eyeing opportunities amid the chaos. The difference between French and German government bond yields has risen to 85 basis points in recent days — the highest in more than 10 years — as […]
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France’s far right propped up the weak government. It could now bring it crashing down
Member of French far-right party Rassemblement National (RN) Marine Le Pen walks at the Paris courthouse amid her trial on suspicion of embezzlement of European public funds, in Paris, on November 27, 2024. Alain Jocard | Afp | Getty Images France’s government is hanging by a thread with the far-right National Rally party threatening to […]
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Europe praises Trump’s victory amid wider fears of an impending economic nightmare
Donald Trump (L), President of the USA, and Emmanuel Macron, President of France, join hands during the final press conference of the G7 Summit on 26 August 2019, in Biarritz, France. NurPhoto | NurPhoto | Getty Images European officials have been quick to congratulate Donald Trump after he defeated his Democratic rival Kamala Harris to […]
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‘A huge victory’: World leaders react as Trump secures White House return
Former US President Donald Trump (L) shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) as they pose for a photo within their meeting at Mar-a-Lago estate, in Palm Beach, Florida, United States on July 26, 2024. Amos Ben-Gershom | Anadolu | Getty Images A flurry of world leaders on Wednesday sent their congratulations to […]
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Europe careens toward a downturn as its biggest economies fight crises at home
Steel worker at the blast furnace tap of the at the Salzgitter AG steelworks on March 02, 2020 in Salzgitter, Germany. Maja Hitij | Getty Images News | Getty Images 107392634Europe looks to be heading toward a downturn as its biggest economies, Germany and France, battle political and economic woes at home. Business activity in […]
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From the far right to fiscal challenges, France could lurch from one crisis to another
A French flag is seen on the Place de la Republique as people celebrate after the Nouveau Front Populaire, an alliance of left wing parties including the far-left wing party, La France Insoumise came in first on July 07, 2024 in Paris, France. Remon Haazen | Getty Images News | Getty Images French President Emmanuel […]
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France’s ‘Olympics truce’ ends, returning political tensions to the fore
Emmanuel Macron, president of France, arrives at the Stade de France prior to the Closing Ceremony of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at the Stade de France on August 11, 2024 in Paris, France. Tom Weller/voigt | Getty Images Sport | Getty Images Time is running out on the so-called “Olympic political truce” declared by […]
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Macron breaks his silence on France’s election earthquake as post-vote deadlock continues
France’s President Emmanuel Macron exits a polling booth, adorned with curtains displaying the colors of the flag of France, to vote in the second round of France’s legislative election at a polling station in Le Touquet, northern France on July 7, 2024. Mohammed Badra | Afp | Getty Images French President Emmanuel Macron broke his […]
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