PARIS - French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou was set to survive on Thursday a vote of no-confidence called by the hard left ...

The decision of the Socialists means that Bayrou is safe for now, but remains in a precarious position with budget talks set ...

French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou narrowly avoided a no-confidence vote after garnering support from the centre-left Socialist Party. Despite tensions, political stability was maintained as major ...

In France, the Socialist deputies, gathered shortly before the start of the debate in the National Assembly, decided not to vote on the motion of no confidence in the Bayrou government.

France's centre-left Socialist party will not back a no-confidence vote against Prime Minister Francois Bayrou on Thursday, ...

The prime minister runs a minority government, composed of ministers ranging from ex-Socialists to conservatives, which is not based on any formal coalition pact. Faced with the same problem, his ...

T he crew of a boat whose rudder has fallen off can do little but pray for calm weather and a speedy way to safe harbour.

The French Socialist Party decided not to back a no-confidence vote against Prime Minister Francois Bayrou, allowing his ...

French Prime Minister François Bayrou looked set to survive his first major test in the National Assembly on Thursday, with ...

PARIS - France's centre-left Socialist party will not back a no-confidence vote against Prime Minister Francois Bayrou on Thursday, party sources said, a decision enabling his weak minority government ...

The boxy, machine gun-equipped vehicle lumbered across the snow-covered battlefield, with no crew aboard and marking what its ...

French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou faces his first vote of no confidence in parliament Thursday, with the motion unlikely ...