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French MPs on Monday voted unanimously in favour of a bill allowing the government to maintain core state functions in the absence of a budget for 2025. The law will be taken up by the Senate on Wednesday. Meanwhile, new Prime Minister François Bayrou held talks with political parties in view of moving France out of its political impasse.
Prosecutors earlier this week requested a maximum 20-year jail term for Dominique Pelicot, who has been on trial with 49 other men for organising the […]
French researcher Laurent Vinatier appealed a three-year prison sentence handed down by a Russian court for allegedly collecting military information and breaching Moscow’s “foreign agent” […]
French President Emmanuel Macron began a three-day state visit to Saudi Arabia Monday that will focus on diplomatic and economic ties. The French leader arrived […]