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French Prime Minister Michel Barnier attends a session of questions to the government at The National Assembly in Paris on November 26, 2024. (Photo by Bertrand GUAY / AFP) (Photo by BERTRAND GUAY/AFP via Getty Images)

Michel Barnier: The shortest-serving French Prime Minister who lasted just 91 days

By Jurgen Hecker and AFP

French Prime Minister Michel Barnier meets with medical staff during a visit at the “House of Women of the AP-HP” (“Maison des Femmes de l’Assistance Publique – Hopitaux de Paris”) in Paris, on November 25, 2024 as part of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. (Photo by Dimitar DILKOFF / POOL / AFP) (Photo by DIMITAR DILKOFF/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Euro sinks as French budget crisis risks toppling Michel Barnier’s government in parliamentary showdown

By Jurgen Hecker and AFP

France's Prime Minister Michel Barnier speaking to reporters.

French government ‘must block the sale’ of Sanofi’s Doliprane painkiller to U.S. private equity, critics argue

By Jurgen Hecker, Tom Barfield, and others

FRANCE – 2024/10/14: In this photo illustration, a hand holds a box of Doliprane tablets in front of the flag of the United States of America. The French pharmaceutical group Sanofi has announced that it is entering into negotiations with the American investment fund CD&R for the acquisition of the Opella branch, which markets Doliprane in particular. (Photo Illustration by Gerard Bottino/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

France’s top-selling painkiller may be sold to the U.S. and is causing the nation a splitting headache

By Jurgen Hecker and AFP