
Lecornu’s Office Under Scrutiny Following Staff Suicides
Two employees working in offices attached to the French PM took their own lives and two attempted suicide this year, prompting a preliminary investigation into working conditions.

Two employees working in offices attached to the French PM took their own lives and two attempted suicide this year, prompting a preliminary investigation into working conditions.

The assisted suicide legislation will be one of the most permissive in the world.

The French PM said he would issue a decree in the evening on Sunday authorising the appropriate isolation measures to be put in place to protect the public.

French MPs did not reach the 289-vote threshold required to bring down the government in the latest no-confidence motion.

Paris budget sparks immediate backlash, with opposition parties threatening no-confidence motions.

Sébastien Lecornu used constitutional powers to push part of France’s 2026 budget through parliament.

Despite his promises, the prime minister will force the budget through to overcome a political deadlock that had lasted several months.

French lawmakers failed to oust Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu after opposition parties challenged the government’s stance on the Mercosur trade accord.

Should a no-confidence motion succeed, a new election is a more likely outcome than the appointment of yet another government of losers.

The Mercosur affair has turned into a cruel indictment of Macron’s actions.