Turns out, having both is critical to the structure of the French government. Keep reading as we explore the reasons behind this unique arrangement and shed some light on the need for both.

The French Parliament has passed a vote of no confidence in Prime Minister Michel Barnier's government. The ministers have been dismissed, Le Figaro reports. A total of 331 members of the National ...

The powers of a resigning government, on the other hand, are not limited when the measures taken are of an urgent nature. "If there were an attack [on French soil], there would be no legal ...

France's president and prime minister managed to form a new government just in time for the holidays. Now comes the hard part. Crushing debt, intensifying pressure from the nationalist far right ...

PARIS (AP) — France’s president and prime minister managed to form a new government just in time for the holidays. Now comes the hard part.

French President Emmanuel Macron is seeking a replacement to head the government after the right and left wings of Parliament unified for a no-confidence vote against the prime minister.. On ...

The French government was toppled Wednesday after far-left and far-right lawmakers joined forces to pass a no-confidence measure against Prime Minister Michel Barnier and his Cabinet.

France could be set for months of potentially market-roiling political uncertainty after a no-confidence vote ousted the minority coalition government led by Prime Minister Michel Barnier. The ...

No French government had lost a confidence vote since Georges Pompidou's in 1962. Macron ushered in the crisis by calling a snap election in June that delivered a polarised parliament.

French lawmakers passed a no-confidence vote against the government on Wednesday, throwing the European Union's second-biggest economic power deeper into a crisis that threatens its capacity to ...