France, at an Impasse, Heads Toward Another Government Collapse NYT | Top Stories By: Roger Cohen， Liz Alderman and Aurelien Breeden 8 September 2025 at 12:01 A vote of confidence scheduled for Monday appears set to topple Prime Minister François Bayrou and put more pressure on President Emmanuel Macron. © Ludovic Marin/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesPrime Minister François Bayrou, who called a vote of confidence for Monday, is unpopular to a degree almost unknown for a French prime minister.
Why France’s Financial Woes Are Pushing Its Government to the Brink NYT | Top Stories By: Liz Alderman 7 September 2025 at 12:01 The French prime minister has proposed drastic spending cuts and tax increases to shore up the country’s accounts, but his plan could backfire. © Joann Pai for The New York TimesA street corner in Paris. France’s budget crisis has set off political and financial turmoil.
China Sets Steep Duties on European Brandy but Spares Biggest Producers NYT | China By: Liz Alderman and Keith Bradsher 4 July 2025 at 21:51 Major Cognac companies made concessions to avoid the worst of the penalties, imposed by Beijing in retaliation for E.U. tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles.
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