Georges Pompidou

Shortest-Serving PM Barnier Steps Down: France Faces Historic Political Crisis

French Prime Minister Michel Barnier will resign on Thursday after a no-confidence vote by far-right and leftist lawmakers toppled his government. This development plunges France, the eurozone’s second-largest economy, into a deeper political crisis. Barnier, who previously served as the European Union's Brexit negotiator, will become the shortest-serving prime minister...