Foreign minister to François Mitterrand whose time heading France’s constitutional council was ended by the Elf affairThe former French foreign affairs minister and MP Roland Dumas, who has died aged 101, was once described as “a man of a thousand face…
Markets will certainly make their position known if politicking threatens to stretch public finances.
Senior state officials are wondering what attitude they should adopt if they had to work for a far-right government.
The pact is seen by NGOs as pandering to the far-right.
The French president’s move to accommodate a nationalist agenda could be a costly mistakeWhen judges veto key sections of a flagship government bill, it is unusual for a president or prime minister to see that as a victory. But that may be how Emmanuel…
France’s Constitutional Council on Thursday struck down large parts of a divisive new immigration law that was voted in parliament with the backing of the far right, ruling that the measures go against the constitution.
Gifting long-term visas to wealthy had nothing to do with core aim of immigration bill, court ruled.
Constitutional council says about half of articles in new law go against constitution and must be scrappedParts of a contested new French immigration law go against the constitution and must be scrapped, France’s constitutional council has said.The cou…
France’s highest constitutional body ruled that 32 of the 86 articles in the French government’s controversial immigration bill are unconstitutional, in a much-awaited judicial ruling on Thursday (25 January).
