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    • Thursday, 28 July, 2022
      OutlookAkila Quinio
      A new voice reflects the shake-up in French politics

      Former chambermaid’s election to parliament shows the challenge posed to France’s old-school parties

    • Wednesday, 27 July, 2022
      Macron wins French legislators’ backing for budget to tackle inflation

      Long debate in National Assembly illustrates president’s difficulties in governing without parliamentary majority

    • Sunday, 17 July, 2022
      Nuclear energy
      EDF’s problems pile up as full nationalisation looms

      French supplier of nuclear energy is struggling with plant shutdowns, build problems and skills shortages

    • Wednesday, 13 July, 2022
      Inside BusinessLeila Abboud
      Business worries mount that Macron’s reform push will stall

      Without a majority in parliament the French president must seek compromise to advance economic agenda

    • Friday, 8 July, 2022
      EDF
      Banks line up for French state buyout of EDF

      Tender offer emerges as preferred option as government seeks to take full ownership of power group

    • Thursday, 7 July, 2022
      EU economy
      French finance minister says EU debt rules are ‘obsolete’

      Bruno Le Maire calls time on ‘frugal’ union and promises further economic reforms

    • Monday, 4 July, 2022
      Macron reshuffles cabinet for difficult second term

      Laurence Boone moves from OECD to become Europe minister in France’s minority government

    • Friday, 1 July, 2022
      Aukus
      Paris and Canberra vow to ‘intensify security co-operation’ after Aukus spat

      Newly elected Australian PM visits France to mend relations after cancellation of A$90bn submarines contract

    • Thursday, 30 June, 2022
      Radical leftist to chair French parliamentary finance committee

      Election of ‘anti-system’ Éric Coquerel heralds trouble for Emmanuel Macron

    • Thursday, 30 June, 2022
      Corporation tax
      France ready to bypass Hungary for global corporate tax deal

      Finance minister Bruno Le Maire pushes for EU workaround to approve minimum tax rate for big companies

    • Sunday, 26 June, 2022
      Macron backs PM Borne and vows to press ahead with reforms

      French president seeks to salvage second-term agenda after falling short of majority in parliament

    • Saturday, 25 June, 2022
      Europe Express
      A gust of instability unsettles European politics Premium content

      Domestic challenges as much as the war in Ukraine are turning up the pressure in France, Bulgaria and Italy

    • Friday, 24 June, 2022
      New crop of lawmakers vow to shake up France’s political order

      This year’s intake will change the National Assembly’s make-up and complicate life for Macron

    • Thursday, 23 June, 2022
      Free LunchMartin Sandbu
      Reflections on France after the elections Premium content

      A splintered parliament is both a challenge and an opportunity

    • Wednesday, 22 June, 2022
      Macron appeals for compromise to break political deadlock

      French president calls on opposition parties to work with minority government in passing laws

    • Tuesday, 21 June, 2022
      Janan Ganesh
      Anarchy is a likelier future for the west than tyranny

      The trend of events is not towards strongmen but towards ungovernability

    • Tuesday, 21 June, 2022
      Electoral breakthrough puts far-right leader Marine Le Pen ‘back in the game’

      With 89 seats Rassemblement National will be a parliamentary force on issues such as immigration and crime

    • Monday, 20 June, 2022
      ‘Ungovernable’ French parliament to stymie Macron’s reform drive

      Silver lining for country’s democratic system with greater representation for smaller parties

    • Monday, 20 June, 2022
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      Emmanuel Macron pays the price for taking voters for granted

      President’s reformist agenda is in peril, but early elections are not the answer

    • Monday, 20 June, 2022
      French left threatens vote of no confidence against Macron’s government

      Move comes after French leader lost parliamentary majority in National Assembly in Sunday’s election

    • Monday, 20 June, 2022
      Macron loses majority in French assembly

      Left-green alliance and resurgent far right will challenge president’s reform agenda

    • Monday, 20 June, 2022
      Europe Express
      French voters deal blow to Macron agenda Premium content

      Deprived of his parliamentary majority, French president will have to seek compromises

    • Sunday, 19 June, 2022
      Instant InsightBen Hall
      Emmanuel Macron crashes to earth after losing his hold on parliament

      Next five years now look very different for French president who was positioned to be EU’s most powerful leader

    • Sunday, 19 June, 2022
      Macron faces battle to retain control of French parliament

      Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s left-green alliance expected to form main opposition after National Assembly elections

    • Friday, 17 June, 2022
      News in-depth
      Macron ally’s election fight underscores threat to president’s majority

      Clément Beaune is one of a number of ministers under threat ahead of Sunday’s National Assembly vote

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