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French PM Lecornu meets with Macron as budget deadline looms

Cs news2 days ago05 mins

By Elizabeth Pineau and Mathieu Rosemain PARIS (Reuters) -French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu met with President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday evening, ahead of a likely naming of a new cabinet before a Monday deadline to present a 2026 budget. Lecornu was reappointed prime minister on Friday and has been working to quickly appoint key cabinet…

Spain’s parliament kills shorter work week bill in blow to government

Cs news1 month ago04 mins

MADRID (Reuters) -Spain’s lower house has shelved a bill that would have shortened the work week by 2-1/2 hours, dealing yet another blow to the fragile Socialist-led minority government which is struggling to pass the reforms it had pledged through a fragmented parliament. In vote late on Wednesday, opposition lawmakers united with regional Catalan party…