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The government of Prime Minister ​Sebastien Lecornu has survived two no confidence motions triggered by his decision to force his contested budget through parliament without a vote.

Threatened by two motions of no-confidence, Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu has asked the Minister of the Interior to look into the possibility of holding legislative elections on the same dates as municipal elections.

Sébastien Lecornu may have lived to see another day, but this crise de régime could yet prove terminal for the Fifth Republic

Robert Badinter, the lawyer and former justice minister who led France to end the death penalty, will be inducted into the Panthéon in Paris on Thursday – 44 years to the day after the abolition law took effect.

Sébastien Lecornu says majority of MPs willing to seek agreement on budget and avoid further instability

Political journalists from RFI's French service examine where influential figures from across the political spectrum stand, ahead of the 8 October deadline given to outgoing prime minister Sébastien Lecornu to salvage his administration, following his shock resignation on Monday after less than a month in office.

France has been experiencing an unprecedented political crisis since President Emmanuel Macron dissolved parliament in June 2024. For political scientist Rémi Lefebvre, this deadlock is not only institutional: it reveals a crisis of representative governance fuelled by mistrust, social fragmentation and the erosion of majority rule.

KEIR Starmer has appointed a pro-Israel lobbyist as his parliamentary private secretary ...

Nadège Abomangoli, vice-president of France’s National Assembly and an MP, has filed a complaint for racist and sexist hatred after receiving an anonymous letter questioning her legitimacy as a black woman in office – the latest in a string of such incidents targeting left-wing lawmakers of colour.