NEWS ANALYSIS. The Parti Socialiste is still divided over how to vote on a motion of no confidence against Prime Minister ...

led by Prime Minister Lionel Jospin, elected in 1997. While Chirac was widely hated in the working class, and his re-election bid was viewed as precarious, Jospin and the PS represented no ...

French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou will use special constitutional powers to pass the 2025 budget on Monday, triggering a crucial no-confidence vote later this week that will decide whether his ...

But the party's former prime minister, Lionel Jospin, argued this weekend that the socialists should not back a no-confidence motion. Speaking at a debate on Saturday, he said it would leave the ...

French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou will Monday force through France's budget without a vote, a move set to prompt a ...

But the party's former prime minister, Lionel Jospin, argued this weekend that the socialists should not back a no-confidence motion. Speaking at a debate on Saturday, he said it would leave the ...

Former France international footballers Robert Pires and Djibril Cisse and UFC fighter Ciryl Gane were also in attendance alongside former French Prime Ministers Gabriel Attal and Lionel Jospin.

France may this week finally pass a budget that could save François Bayrou, Emmanuel Macron’s latest prime minister, after tentative support from Socialists and the hard-Right ...