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Michel Barnier: The shortest-serving French Prime Minister who lasted just 91 days

Brought in by President Emmanuel Macron in September, Barnier often said that knowing how "to keep one's cool" was essential to managing the thorny...

05.12.2024 6

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Jurgen Hecker

Euro sinks as French budget crisis risks toppling Michel Barnier’s government in parliamentary showdown

Political turmoil grips France as the prime minister faces a possible no-confidence vote over contested social security reforms opposed by the far-...

02.12.2024 10

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Jurgen Hecker

French government ‘must block the sale’ of Sanofi’s Doliprane painkiller to U.S. private equity, critics argue

France's Prime Minister Michel Barnier secured a 2% stake in the deal for public investment bank Bpifrance, along with "extremely strong"...

22.10.2024 3

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Jurgen Hecker

France’s top-selling painkiller may be sold to the U.S. and is causing the nation a splitting headache

President Emmanuel Macron is involved in the debate centred on a perceived "loss of sovereignty" if popular painkiller Doliprane falls into...

15.10.2024 2

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Jurgen Hecker