France’s prime minister has quit after losing a confidence vote that toppled his government, plunging the country into a new political crisis.

Legislators toppled France's government in a confidence vote, a new crisis for Europe's second-largest economy. Prime Minister François Bayrou was ousted overwhelmingly in a 364-194 vote against him.

The 39-year-old is the only minister to have remained in Macron’s government since the President was elected in 2017.

Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s hard-left Unsubmissive France and Marine Le Pen’s hard-right National Rally ( RN) both voted against the ...

The disruption gave loud voice to widespread complaints that eight years of leadership by France’s business-friendly ...

France’s Prime Minister François Bayrou has resigned after failing to win a confidence vote. What options might President Emmanuel Macron use to break a political deadlock?

The root of the latest expected government collapse was Macron's stunning decision to dissolve the National Assembly in June 2024.

As Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu navigates a narrowing path to political survival, the 39-year-old is under pressure from the left, the extreme right and even his own centrist allies to include ...

Another day of strikes and marches set to France on Thursday, as unions call for the withdrawal of the government's planned ...

A British judge has temporarily blocked the deportation of an asylum-seeker back to France. The decision delays the first deportation under a new agreement between London and Paris.

Some French mayors have defied government orders and flown Palestinian flags on town halls, with more expected to follow suit ...

The outgoing French Prime Minister François Bayrou attends an extraordinary session at the National Assembly in Paris, on Monday. - Benoit Tessier/Reuters France’s prime minister has quit after losing ...