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French no-confidence motion: Is PM Barnier’s government about to fall?

French lawmakers introduced a vote of no-confidence against Michel Barnier’s administration over a budget dispute.

Al Jazeera

Michel Barnier defends budget in TV interview as government faces no confidence vote on Wednesday – as it happened

Minority government of prime minister faces near-certain defeat in a no-confidence vote that could spark crisis

The Guardian - UK

Dollar Rallies on Euro Weakness and Higher T-Note Yields

The dollar index (DXY00 ) Monday rose by +0.69%. The dollar rallied Monday and garnered support from weakness in the euro due to political turmoil in France after France’s far-right National Rally party said it would back a no-confidence vote against Prime Minister Barnier’s government due to a stand-off over...

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French Prime Minister Faces No-Confidence Vote Amid Budget Dispute

French Prime Minister faces no-confidence vote over budget dispute, risking government collapse and eurozone repercussions.

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France's government close to collapse as Michel Barnier faces no-confidence vote

Far-right and left-wing politicians have backed a no-confidence motion against French Prime Minister Michel Barnier

Evening Standard

Dollar Rallies on Euro Weakness and US Economic Strength

The dollar index (DXY00 ) today is up by +0.90%. The dollar is garnering support today from weakness in the euro due to political turmoil in France after France’s far-right National Rally party said it will back a no-confidence vote against Prime Minister Barnier’s government due to a stand-off over...

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France's budget battle offers Le Pen a reprieve as court decision looms

Marine Le Pen, the leader of France's far-right National Rally (RN), is turning her attention back to politics after a challenging legal ordeal. A verdict regarding allegations of misused European Parliament funds won't be announced until 31 March, giving her a temporary reprieve from legal scrutiny.

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French PM abandons electricity tax rise amid pressure from far right

Michel Barnier makes concession over budget but may still face confidence vote

The Guardian - UK

Marine Le Pen Threatens To Bring Down French Government

Far-right leader Marine Le Pen threatens to bring down French government over budget bill disputes and faces trial for misappropriating funds.

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France’s Le Pen threatens to topple government over ‘red lines’ on high cost of living

‘We will not accept that the purchasing power of the French be once again hit,’ leader of far-right National Rally says

The Independent UK

Le Pen allies decry witch-hunt as prosecutors threaten presidential hopes

Allies of French far-right leader Marine Le Pen have accused the judiciary of a witch hunt and undue meddling in democracy after prosecutors requested she face an obligatory five-year ban from public office if convicted of misusing European Union funds.

Radio France Internationale

Marine Le Pen faces prison term and ban from office in fake jobs trial

French prosecutors have demanded that far-right leader Marine Le Pen receive a jail sentence and be banned from public office for five years over charges she embezzled European Parliament funds. Le Pen's defence now has two weeks to present its counter arguments.

Radio France Internationale

Paris prosecutor seeks jail and public office ban for Marine Le Pen

Request in embezzlement trial threatens to undermine National Rally’s efforts to polish image before 2027 polls

The Guardian - UK

Marine Le Pen Faces Trial Over Alleged Embezzlement

Marine Le Pen's trial for alleged embezzlement of EU funds raises questions on political accountability and transparency in France.

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Al Jazeera

France’s Marine Le Pen questioned in court at EU embezzlement trial

Le Pen and her RN party have been accused of using European Parliament money to pay staff in France.

The Independent UK

Marine Le Pen defiant in court as she denies embezzling EU funds with far-right colleagues

Marine Le Pen and more than two dozen officials of her far-right National Rally party are accused of EU breaches

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Marine Le Pen Faces Trial Over Embezzlement Allegations

Marine Le Pen and National Rally party face trial for alleged misuse of EU funds, impacting her political future.

Radio France Internationale

Far-right National Rally announce 'counter budget' to PM Barnier's austerity bill

France's far-right National Rally (RN) has announced it will present 'a counter-budget' next week at the start of a National Assemby committee's examination of Prime Minister Michel Barnier's 2025 finance bill, deeming the government's current copy 'absolutely unacceptable'.

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Al Jazeera

Marine Le Pen’s niece starts own party: What it means for French far right

Marion Marechal, 34, has launched Identite-Libertes, through which she hopes to strengthen France’s ‘national camp’.

Radio France Internationale

France’s minority government to present make-or-break austerity budget

France's new government will on Thursday deliver its 2025 budget, with plans for €60 billion worth of tax hikes and spending cuts to tackle a spiralling fiscal deficit. But without a majority, Prime Minister Michel Barnier will likely need to make concessions to avoid a veto from opposition parties.

Radio France Internationale

French government survives no-confidence vote as far right stays neutral

A vote of no-confidence aiming to bring down the nascent government of French Prime Minister Michel Barnier has failed after the far-right National Rally party refused to back the motion.

France 24

France’s new govt relies on far-right support as it faces no-confidence vote

France’s new government, led by conservative Prime Minister Michel Barnier, will have to lean on the support of the far right as it faces a no-confidence vote in parliament on Tuesday. The motion was called by left-wing alliance New Popular Front, which won the most votes in the June-July parliamentary…

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France's Minority Government Faces No-Confidence Vote

France's minority government faces a crucial no-confidence vote in a divided parliament, testing stability.

France 24

What does the EU embezzlement trial mean for Le Pen and the French far right?

Marine Le Pen and other senior figures within France’s far-right National Rally party are standing trial on charges of having embezzled millions in European Parliament funds to finance the party’s own political activities. Marta Lorimer, lecturer in politics at Cardiff University, discusses what the trial could mean for the party’s…

The Independent UK

Le Pen goes on trial for alleged misuse of EU funds in case that could derail her career

Leader of the far-right National Rally says outside court: ‘We have not violated any political and regulatory rules of the European parliament’

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