France Prime Minister Michel Barnier set to resign
French Prime Minister Michel Barnier was scheduled to resign on Thursday after far-right and left-wing lawmakers voted to overthrow his government, plunging the eurozone's second-largest economy further into political crisis. Barnier, a veteran politician who took over as prime minister just three months ago, will become the shortest-serving prime minister in modern French history if […]
French Gov’t Collapses as Le Pen Ousts Globalist PM Barnier
On Wednesday, the National Assembly passed a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Michel Barnier, causing the French government to collapse for the second time this year and giving the former Eurocrat the ignominious honor of being France's shortest-serving prime minister in modern times. history. On Wednesday, just 91 days after being appointed to the Hôtel […]
What the mutual admiration between Keir Starmer and Michel Barnier could mean for Brexit | Tom Baldwin
A strange feature of the Brexiteer psyche is that the disastrous outcome they once so actively sought for Britain is now blamed on cunning European negotiators, led then by Michel Barnier. And his re-emergence as France's candidate for prime minister would unleash the usual wave of outrage, with tiresome predictability. “I thought this was the […]
French politicians react to Michel Barnier’s appointment as France’s new prime minister – Europe live | Michel Barnier
French Socialist Olivier Faure He said no one from his party would take part in a government led by Michel Barnier, accusing him of relying on the far-right. .Foret Olivier : “Quand Michel Barnier dit qu'il va gouverner “avec tout le monde”, à qui s'adresse-t-il ? À la gauche ? Non, à l'extreme-droite, dont il […]
Surprise! Brexit Villain Michel Barnier is New French Prime Minister
France has appointed Michel Barnier, the European Commission's top official, as its new prime minister, 60 days after President Emmanuel Macron's election plunged French politics into chaos, splitting the country into three parties. Michel Barnier, a veteran French centrist globalist politician who has held key positions in the French government and the European Union since […]