French Prime Minister Michel Barnier’s three-month-old minority government was toppled on Wednesday in a no-confidence motion supported by left-wing and far-right opposition lawmakers. Marine Le Pen’s far-right nationalists and a leftist alliance voted together to oust the government. In total, 331 of the 577 lawmakers in the National Assembly – France’s lower house of parliament…
(Bloomberg) — Finance Minister Antoine Armand said France won’t accept artificial budget deadlines from Marine Le Pen even as the far-right leader gave her strongest indication yet that she’s prepared to topple the government as soon as this week. Most Read from Bloomberg Le Pen’s National Rally has threatened to support a no-confidence motion unless…
Under this collaboration, NFT will provide Reju with secondary raw materials sourced from both used and unused textile waste for the purpose of recycling and producing Reju Polyester. The two companies will work together to enhance the infrastructure for collecting and processing textile waste generated from both post-consumer and post-industrial sources. The partnership will facilitate…
Thousands of people have taken part in nationwide protests in France demanding better protection of women amid a high-profile rape case currently awaiting a verdict in court. The CGT trade union spoke of 100,000 participants at the rallies on Saturday, including 80,000 in Paris. Police estimated the number of demonstrators nationwide at 20,000, the broadcaster…
France’s Emmanuel Macron has joined calls for information about Franco-Algerian novelist Boualem Sansal, who has gone missing after he flew to Algiers last Saturday. An outspoken critic of the Algerian regime, Sansal is reported by some French media to have been arrested by Algerian police when he stepped off the plane. “The president is very…
