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By Gavin Maguire LITTLETON, Colorado (Reuters) -The collapse of France’s government on Wednesday could have far-reaching consequences for Europe’s energy markets and send regional electricity costs soaring. France is by far the largest electricity exporter in Europe, accounting for roughly 60% of net electricity exports so far in 2024, according…
PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron searched on Thursday for a new prime minister to replace Michel Barnier, who officially resigned a day after opposition lawmakers voted to topple his government. Here are some of the possible candidates whose names are circulating in political circles and in French media:…
French Prime Minister Michel Barnier lost a confidence vote on Wednesday.The vote was triggered after he forced through part of the 2025 budget using an executive decree.It was France’s first successful vote of no confidence in more than 60 years.Michel Barnier, the French prime minister, lost a no-confidence vote in…
By Joao Manuel Vicente Mauricio and Ankika Biswas (Reuters) -Bank shares steered Europe’s index to a near one-month high on Tuesday, while investors kept a close watch on France’s political turmoil as the likelihood of the government’s collapse sent shockwaves through its markets. The pan-European STOXX 600 rose 0.6% as…
By Sybille de La Hamaide COGNAC, France (Reuters) – In this grape-growing region of western France, where brandy producers are fretting over the fallout from a trade dispute between the European Union and China, Christophe Bouetard is more worried than most. Bouetard runs the MG Motor dealership in Cognac, making…
French voters are projected to rebuke the country’s far-right, anti-immigration National Rally party, but no clear majority emerged on Sunday, leaving President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist alliance further weakened and France on a path towards political gridlock.Macron took a huge bet in June by calling for a surprise snap legislative election…
Small aerial drones have dominated the battlefield in Ukraine, but according to French Army Chief of Staff Gen. Pierre Schill, they could soon lose their combat advantage.Speaking at the Eurosatory defense show in Paris on June 19, Schill said that their advantage represented merely “a moment in history,” Defense News…
