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By Michel Rose PARIS (Reuters) -In a 2018 interview with Fox News ahead of his first state visit to the United States, a fresh-faced President Emmanuel Macron was asked whether he might back down on reforms amid fierce domestic opposition.
The result gives Sébastien Lecornu, France’s prime minister, a reprieve after weeks of political turmoil. But he still has to get a budget passed by the end of the year.
This, of course, was Charles de Gaulle’s campaign in 1958 for a Fifth Republic. The words were uttered by Paul Reynaud, who headed the consultative committee that drafted a new constitution, which de Gaulle put to a referendum that year.
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Macron’s France now has a new Cabinet. It will face an uphill battle to end the political crisis
France’s newly reappointed Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu named a new government Sunday, as he faces pressure to urgently produce a budget and quell political turmoil that is scaring businesses and staining the country’s image.
As a new prime minister seeks stability, three government shake-ups since last summer have already taken their toll on the French economy.
France can’t afford to fixate on short-term fiscal challenges and must find credible solutions for reducing its deficit, according to the country’s central-bank chief.
Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu has once again proved that pension reform is the hottest of hot button political issues in France, pledging to suspend a deeply unpopular 2023 overhaul to save his government from collapse.
On Oct. 16, 1793, following her conviction for treason, French Queen Marie Antoinette, wife of Louis XVI, was beheaded on the Place de la Revolution.
France missed a chance to secure a spot at the 2026 World Cup on Monday after being held to 2-2 at Iceland.
Luxury tycoon Bernard Arnault’s wealth just got a big boost from shoppers around the globe, and the rise could feed into controversy at home.
France has charged four people over a suspected plot against a Russian dissident, prosecutors said Friday, after a refugee who helped reveal abuses in Russian prisons said he was targeted.Vladimir Osechkin,
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