Browsing: EU politics

The FDP parliamentary group has proposed a motion in the Bundestag that would call on the federal government to deliver…

  For the second time in the history of the French Fifth Republic, a prime minister has fallen victim to…

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said a free-trade deal with South America’s Mercosur bloc is “in sight” but…

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Georgian Dream (GD) of pushing the country towards dependence on Russia, and said he is working with…

Friedrich Merz (CDU) is warming up to election campaign temperature with Maischberger. While he parries familiarly about the debt brake…

For the past week, tens of thousands of Georgians have been protesting against the country’s newly elected Moscow-friendly government and…

France is once again without a government: Michel Barnier fails as prime minister after just three months. The left-wing coalition’s…

France’s Prime Minister Michel Barnier faces a vote of no confidence this afternoon which could bring down his minority government.

“The appointment of a new prime minister and a new government would significantly curb Marine Le Pen’s party’s influence. Right now, everyone realises that the future of the government lies in her hands, since it can only stay in power thanks to her goodwill. She is playing this card well by raising the stakes. If a new government is appointed in the near future, whether on a joint (undoubtedly more left-wing) basis or as a ‘technical’ government, her influence would be severely limited, if not reduced to zero.”

“Rather, the entire political elite must ask itself whether it has grasped the seriousness of the situation. France is sitting on Europe’s highest mountain of debt and needs to make cutbacks in order to preserve some budgetary leeway and not gamble away the dented confidence of rating agencies and bond markets. There has been no shortage of warning shots. And one thing is also clear: in the coming months, France’s ability to act will be even more limited than it already is. This is bad news for Europe, which should actually be worrying about other things in view of the geopolitical challenges.”