French PM Michel Barnier to resign as country plunges deeper into political crisis

French Prime Minister Michel Barnier was set to resign on Thursday after far-right and leftist lawmakers voted to topple his government, plunging the euro zone’s second-largest economy deeper into political crisis.

Barnier, a veteran politician who became prime minister barely three months ago, will become the shortest-serving prime minister in modern French history when President Emmanuel Macron approves his resignation. -- More...