The law, which would also have to pass in the French Senate, was adopted by the parliament late Tuesday with 154 parliamentarians in favor, 72 against, and 43 in abstention. The "bill to combat ...

The French constitution allows for a special law to be passed in parliament that rolls over the tax-raising and spending provisions in the current budget to ensure there is no U.S.-style government ...

French MPs on Monday voted unanimously in favour of a bill allowing the government to maintain core state functions in the absence of a budget for 2025. The law will be taken up by the Senate on ...

As each Act is announced, the Clerk of the Parliament turns to face MPs, declaring 'Le Roy le veult' - Norman French for 'The King wishes it.' This ceremony signifies Royal Assent for each bill. After ...

Admittedly, a bill on the subject was remarkably debated in Parliament and was set to be ... unbearable by those who experience it," said the French National Advisory Ethics Council for ...

As France waits for its newly appointed Prime Minister, François Bayrou, to form a new government, its parliament has adopted ... bringing the bill to the end of its parliamentary term.

The French National Assembly approved of a bill to combat rising antisemitism on Tuesday that would deny citizenship, naturalization, or residency to foreigners convicted of having engaged in ...

PARIS (Reuters) - The French ... house of parliament last week. The law is intended to act as a stopgap until France's deeply divided parliament passes next year's proper budget bill drafted ...

PARIS (Reuters) - France's National Assembly, the lower house of parliament, on Monday approved a special law designed to maintain core state functions and prevent any interruption of public ...