The long-term survival prospects of French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou's minority government have shrunk as he fights to keep the Socialist Party from backing a no-confidence vote on Thursday. Although Bayrou looks likely to ride out the no-confidence motion put forward by 58 far-left France Unbowed (LFI),

French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou confronts a dramatic showdown in parliament as opposition forces mount a no-confidence vote over his controversial budget reforms and pension plans. Despite fierce criticism from both left and right,

Le Figaro reports that the centre-left Socialist Party (PS) will not vote for the censure of PM Francois Bayrou's minority gov't in the National Assembly later today. The censure motion put forward by the far-left La France Insoumise (LFI) and backed by deputies from the environmentalist Social and