Though Macron rejected the idea of calling another election during a visit to Madagascar in April, allies have advised him ...

France’s lower house of parliament, the National Assembly, is voting on a bill to allow adults with incurable illness to take lethal medication for legal end-of-life options.

FILE - Police vans park outside the National Assembly during the second round of the legislative elections in Paris, Sunday, July 7, 2024. France’s far right leader Marine Le Pen says the ...

France’s lower house of parliament, the National Assembly, is voting Tuesday on a bill to allow adults with incurable illness to take lethal medication, as public demands grow across Europe for ...

The French Constitution of 1946 gave almost all executive as well as legislative powers to the National Assembly. Since then it has been almost impossible for a French government to do anything ...

France has been at the brink of a governing paralysis since Sunday's vote for the National Assembly resulted in a legislature split among three political groupings: the New Popular Front leftist ...

France's government has been toppled by a no-confidence vote in parliament, for the first time sine 1962. Prime Minister Michel Barnier served the shortest time in the post in France's modern history.

Pick up your pencils, French lawmakers. It’s time for your first test. The 577 newly elected members of the National Assembly will descend on Paris together for the first time Thursday to choose a new ...

PARIS, France — France’s far-right and left-wing lawmakers joined together Wednesday in a historic no-confidence vote prompted by budget disputes that forces Prime Minister Michel Barnier and ...

The National Assembly, France’s lower house of parliament, is deeply fractured, with no single party holding a majority. It comprises three major blocs: Macron’s centrist allies, the left-wing ...

To recap, Mr. Macron called snap legislative elections in June to try to embarrass Marine Le Pen’s insurgent-right National Rally after she’d won big in European Parliament elections.