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On 4 December 2024, the Barnier government in France headed by Michel Barnier of The Republicans collapsed following a successful vote of no confidence in the National Assembly. Part of an extended political crisis , the vote of no confidence was the first to pass since 1962 and resulted in Barnier's government being the shortest serving in the ...
The French government is on the verge of collapse, with prime minister Michel Barnier set to face a no-confidence vote on Wednesday after he used special constitutional powers to push through a ...
Following the team's final defeat to hosts South Africa, Domenech refused to shake the hand of opposing coach Carlos Alberto Parreira. [42] Domenech was strongly criticised in the French press, with sports daily L'Équipe accusing Domenech of "arrogance and an attitude of contempt for others". [42] The French team flew home in economy class.
This decision plunged France into a political crisis [2] [3] and was followed by France Unbowed (LFI), the main party of the NFP, initiating impeachment proceedings against the French president on 31 August. The caretaker government remained in place for 51 days, [2] unprecedented since the fallen Pompidou government lasted 62 days in 1962. [4]
France's President Emmanuel Macron named Francois Bayrou as his new prime minister to run his government on Friday, his office said, after his previous choice for the role served the shortest term ...
The Stade Armand-Cesari disaster, also known as the Furiani disaster, happened at Bastia on the French island of Corsica at the Stade Armand-Cesari, on 5 May 1992. 18 people were killed when one of the terraces collapsed. [1] On that day, SC Bastia faced Olympique de Marseille for a semifinal match in the French Cup. Marseille was unarguably ...
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France and the Nazi Threat: The Collapse of French Diplomacy 1932–1939 (2013); translation of his La Décadence, 1932–1939 (1979) 508pp; Gunsburg, Jeffery A. Divided and conquered: the French high command and the defeat of the West, 1940 (Greenwood, 1979) Haight, John McVickar. American aid to France, 1938–1940 (1970) Higham, Robin.