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As tourists and locals gawk at the broken balcony where two thieves made off with priceless crown jewels, the sense of national disarray is palpable. The brazen heist at the Louvre, celebrated by President Emmanuel Macron in 2017, has left France shaken, and its people feeling ashamed, angry, and desperate.
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Nicolas Sarkozy, the former president of France, has been sentenced to jail time, sparking a significant shift in the country's politics. The severity of the ruling has been unprecedented in post-war Western Europe, with Sarkozy's incarceration serving as a catalyst for increased judicial scrutiny of politicians
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Henry Samuel reports from Paris that Emmanuel Macron's government, led by Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu, has narrowly survived two no-confidence motions, offering a glimmer of hope to the embattled French president after a series of setbacks. Lecornu secured the Socialist Party's support by freezing the president&
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French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu has proposed suspending an unpopular pension overhaul that has sparked widespread protests and threatens to topple his government. In a bid to break out of a prolonged political crisis, Mr. Lecornu announced on Tuesday that the overhaul, which aims to raise the retirement age to
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French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu has proposed suspending a contested plan to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64, a decision aimed at avoiding a no-confidence vote that could topple his fragile government. The move comes as Mr. Lecornu's government faces significant opposition from the Socialist Party,
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French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu has announced that he is postponing President Emmanuel Macron's controversial pension reform, which had been set to increase the retirement age to 64. This move is seen as an attempt to create trust and develop new solutions to the pension system's
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French President Emmanuel Macron has ruled out resignation despite mounting pressure from opposition parties and a deepening political crisis in the country. Speaking from Egypt, where he was attending a Gaza ceasefire summit, Macron reiterated his commitment to serve until 2027 and insisted that he will not step down early.
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Sebastien Lecornu's appointment as France's new prime minister has brought a sense of urgency to the country's debt crisis, with the prime minister vowing to find "creative ways" to work with rivals to pass a debt-slimming budget. Despite his efforts, polls suggest
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As the war in Ukraine intensifies, European leaders such as Keir Starmer of Britain, Emmanuel Macron of France, and Friedrich Merz of Germany, are facing a stark contrast between their foreign policy successes and dismal domestic performances. Despite their differences, they have come together to confront Russia's aggression,
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French Prime Minister François Bayrou's government collapsed on Monday in a crushing defeat, with 364 lawmakers voting against his government in a confidence motion he had called to address the country's ballooning debt and budget deficit. The vote was a blow to President Emmanuel Macron, who
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French President Emmanuel Macron's government teeters on the edge of collapse after the national assembly voted out Prime Minister François Bayrou, who unveiled unpopular austerity measures to cut €44 billion in costs over three years. Bayrou's dismissal marks the fifth prime minister to be ousted in
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French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou presented his resignation to President Emmanuel Macron on Friday, following a no-confidence vote in parliament the previous night. The vote came after Bayrou proposed cutting $50 billion from the budget to address what he called the most urgent problem facing France - its massive debt.
