By: The Trek News Desk The French government has successfully withstood a second no-confidence motion linked to the passage of the 2026 budget, allowing Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu’s administration to remain in power for now. The vote was held in the National Assembly on Friday (January 23, 2026), where the opposition failed to muster the…
By: The Trek News Desk Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been granted conditional release from prison by a Paris court, pending the outcome of his appeal. The decision comes less than three weeks after Sarkozy began serving a five-year sentence for allegedly conspiring to finance his 2007 presidential campaign with funds from late Libyan…
By: The Trek News Desk French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu resigned from his position on Monday, just hours after unveiling his new cabinet, which had been formed under growing political pressure and large-scale protests over proposed government spending cuts. According to the Élysée Palace, an initial list of 18 ministers was made public on Sunday…
