When French President Emmanuel Macron came to power, he vowed to restore gravitas to France’s highest office. Dubbed “Jupiter ...
OP-ED. With the French expressing a clear rejection of Emmanuel Macron's style of presidency, a return to the origins of the ...
Only once before in the history of the Fifth Republic has the government lost a censure motion. The last was 1962 when Georges Pompidou’s cabinet was voted out. President Charles de Gaulle then ...
The closest France has come since is the Fifth Republic, now in its 66th year. Its architect General de Gaulle – a closet monarchist – only accepted a return to power in 1958 to save the ...
The toppling of the minority Barnier government yesterday in France after a mere 91 days in power – the shortest of the Fifth Republic – on a vote of no confidence sets worrying historical alarm bells ...
The oldest at 73 of the Fifth Republic's 26 prime ministers when he was named by Macron in 2024, the conservative stayed in his post only 90 days. He was one of only six prime ministers to remain ...
But that's what happened last Monday at Comédie Nation, celebrating the 50th edition of the Broadway au Carré series with a recreation of the France's 5th Republic with a book by Stacey ...
The oldest at 73 of the Fifth Republic's 26 prime ministers when he was named by Macron in 2024, the conservative stayed in his post only 90 days. He was one of only six prime ministers to remain ...