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French Prime Minister Michel Barnier has lost a no-confidence vote that has ousted his government and plunged the country into a fresh political crisis. Not since 1962 has a French government been ...
A poor relationship has major security, economic and social repercussions: trade is extensive and some 10 percent of France's 68 million population has links to Algeria, according to French officials.
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]
The issue of pension reforms has been dealt with by various French governments over recent decades, specifically to tackle budget shortfalls. [5] France has one of the lowest retirement ages for an industrialised country, and spends more than most countries on pensions, with it amounting to almost 14% of economic output. [6]
France is expected to see growth of 1.1% this year and 0.8% next year, while Germany’s economy is expected to shrink 0.1% this year, the second consecutive year of contraction, and rebound ...
Since Emmanuel Macron was elected President of France on 7 May 2017, a series of protests have been conducted by trade union activists, left-wing activists and right-wing activists in opposition to what protesters consider to be neoliberal policies and globalism, [3] [4] his support of state visits by certain world leaders, [5] [6] his positions on French labour law reform, [7] [8] [9] as well ...
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1949: the Generals Affair, a political-military scandal during the First Indochina War 1950: the Henri Martin Affair , a political-military scandal during the First Indochina War 1958: the ballets roses , a scandal most notably involving then President of the Senate, André Le Troquer , in which a group of girls aged 15 to 17 performed "ballets ...