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DINUM will coordinate a cross-ministerial plan to reduce dependence on suppliers outside Europe. Each ministry will be required to develop its own plan by this fall, covering the following areas: workstations, collaboration tools, antivirus software, artificial intelligence, databases, virtualization, and network equipment.

Leftist mayors have transformed Paris over the past 25 years to include countless cycling lanes, a cleaner Seine river, and even fresher air. But concerns over safety and rubbish collection could usher in a return of the right in local polls starting on Sunday.

The radical left now has control of several cities including Saint-Denis and Roubaix, previously held by the right, marking a significant shift in French politics.

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He succeeds Dick Schoof, whose government collapsed in the summer of 2025, leading to snap elections. The 38-year-old centrist's D66 has teamed up with the centre-right Christian Democratic Appeal CDA party and the liberal People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) to form a coalition. However, they will fall nine seats short of a parliamentary majority with only 66 seats, meaning Jetten will depend on opposition support.

France cannot accept any form of interference or manipulation of its national public debate by the authorities of a third country. The ambassador took note, expressed his willingness not to interfere in our public debate, and recalled the friendship that binds France and the United States.

"My friend, we are totally in line on Syria. We can do great things on Iran. I do not understand what you are doing on Greenland." This message from French President Emmanuel Macron to US President Donald Trump were intended to remain confidential, but Donald Trump published the short message on his Truth Social network on Tuesday night. "He will soon be leaving office," the US president went on to joke about Macron in front of reporters.

Rachida Dati leaves a ministry struggling with budgetary cuts and badly shaken by the stunning theft of the French crown jewels from the Louvre in October. An ongoing parliamentary investigation has underlined the responsibility the ministry bears for the museum's security failings. One day before her own resignation, the Louvre's director Laurence des Cars stepped down.

He managed to get a bill on social security spending approved by year end, but lawmakers have failed to reach a compromise on state expenses. Lécornu's office said late on Thursday that it would be "impossible to adopt a budget by a vote" and that it would be looking at two alternative options. One is to use a constitutional power under Article 49.3 to push the legislation through parliament without a vote, as for previous budgets.

Neither move from the far right or hard left garnered enough votes to topple Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu's cabinet but they acted as a reminder of strong opposition from within the legislature that ousted his two predecessors. Lecornu accused the far-right Rassemblement National (RN) and far-left La France Insoumise (LFI) of "shooting the executive branch in the back" and "further stalling budget" talks for the year that has already started.

Budget negotiations have consumed the French political class for nearly two years, after President Emmanuel Macron's 2024 snap election delivered a hung parliament just as a massive hole in public finances made belt-tightening more urgent. The budget talks have cost two prime ministers their jobs, unsettled debt markets and alarmed France's European partners. However, Lecornu whose chaotic two-stage nomination in October drew derision around the world managed to secure the support of Socialist lawmakers through costly but targeted concessions.

The no-confidence motions aimed to protest the European Union's trade agreement with the MERCOSUR bloc. French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu has survived two no-confidence votes in parliament, clearing the way for the government to focus on yet another budget showdown in the coming days. The no-confidence motions, filed by the far-right National Rally (RN) and hard-left France Unbowed (LFI), aimed to protest the European Union's trade agreement with the South American bloc Mercado Comun del Sur (Southern Common Market, or MERCOSUR).

Dozens of protesters rallied in Paris on Wednesday against US President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown, voicing horror and fear after a second fatal shooting by immigration agents capped months of escalating violence. "F**k ICE, shut it down, in every city, every town," demonstrators chanted as they bundled up against the cold at a protest in central Paris organised by pro-democracy groups Indivisibles and La Digue.

Lang headed up the Arab World Institute (IMA) and became the focus of a French investigation, following the recent release of millions of files related to the late convicted sex offender and US financier, Jeffrey Epstein. French financial crimes prosecutors on Friday confirmed that a preliminary case against both him and his daughter had been opened for "laundering of aggravated tax-fraud proceeds."