French Prime Minister François Bayrou has defended his decision to call a vote of confidence in his government, in a debate just before the make-or-break vote in the National Assembly on Monday. He ...

Lawmakers listen to former French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou delivering his general policy speech, Jan. 14, 2025, at the National Assembly in Paris. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, file) French ...

PARIS (AP) — Legislators toppled France’s government in a confidence vote on Monday, a new crisis for Europe’s second-largest economy that obliges President Emmanuel Macron to search for a fourth ...

France’s prime minister, François Bayrou, gives his first key policy speech and Poschiavo receives the 2025 Wakker Prize. Also on the programme: why K-Pop group NewJeans are embroiled in a row with ...

France's new government faces a big test today. Prime Minister Francois Bayrou is expected to lay out in a speech the contours of a deal to water down pension reforms in return for support from the ...