News list for "French government"
On October 16, in a vote of no confidence in the French government, 271 lawmakers voted against the government, falling short of the 289 votes needed to remove the government.
The French government survived its first no-confidence vote in the National Assembly on Thursday after Prime Minister Jean-Claude Le Corny won the support of some leftist lawmakers by promising to suspend a landmark pension reform. The far-left no-confidence motion was backed by 271 MPs, 18 short of the 289 votes needed to pass. A second no-confidence motion, proposed by the far-right National League, is expected to be voted on within an hour and is all but certain to be rejected. Even if Le Cor...
Pavel Durov, the founder of Telegram, issued an update on the progress of his case in France. He said the criminal investigation against him was "difficult" to find any evidence of wrongdoing. In a Telegram post on Sunday, Durov called his arrest by French authorities in August 2024 "unprecedented", adding that having a tech company...
A French government spokesperson said: We will continue to discuss Trump's tariffs, possibly with a first response in mid-April and another in late April.
A French government spokesperson said: We are ready to fight this trade war.
French government sources say a new French prime minister will be appointed on Thursday.
The French government lost the no-confidence vote.
The French parliament has begun debating a motion of no confidence in the French government.
Market news: The French government passed the social security budget without a vote.
Several French government websites have been taken offline in a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack suspected of being linked to a Russian hacking group. Among the sites affected were those of the Paris Administrative Court, the French health ministry and the French Supreme Court. The attack is believed to be a response to the arrest in France of Telegram founder Pavel Durov. On August 24, Durov was detained by French authorities on charges of conspiracy with illegal activities, among ot...
