Recently appointed French Prime Minister François Bayrou unexpectedly survived a no-confidence vote in the National Assembly after Socialist and far-right MPs decided to not support a motion filed by ...

France’s new prime minister, François Bayrou, has announced the renegotiation of a contested plan raising the retirement age from 62 to 64 ...

PARIS - French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou was set to survive on Thursday a vote of no-confidence called by the hard left ...

The decision of the Socialists means that Bayrou is safe for now, but remains in a precarious position with budget talks set ...

In France, the Socialist deputies, gathered shortly before the start of the debate in the National Assembly, decided not to vote on the motion of no confidence in the Bayrou government.

The prime minister runs a minority government, composed of ministers ranging from ex-Socialists to conservatives, which is not based on any formal coalition pact. Faced with the same problem, his ...

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PARIS - France's centre-left Socialist party will not back a no-confidence vote against Prime Minister Francois Bayrou on ...

The French Socialist Party decided not to back a no-confidence vote against Prime Minister Francois Bayrou, allowing his ...

French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou looked set to survive his first vote of no confidence in parliament on Thursday after the motion, brought by the leftist opposition, failed to gain traction on ...

France plans to hold a conference on Syria in Paris on Feb. 13, the French presidency said in a statement on Thursday.

The French Socialist Party has decided not to back a no-confidence vote against Prime Minister Francois Bayrou, allowing his ...