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BRUSSELS — The European Commission approved French Prime Minister Michel Barnier’s 2025 draft spending plan — handing some small respite to the fragile government in Paris.While the endorsement might improve Barnier’s chances of convincing Frances’s highly fragmented parliament to pass…

POLITICO: On the Rocks is an occasional interview series in which we engage with thought-provoking political figures in relaxed, candid conversations over a drink. PARIS — Bernard-Henri Lévy has been so famous in France for so long he is known…