Hippolyte d'Albis, the co-president of the Circle of Economists, discusses France's budget deficit. Trump says U.S. economy ...

France needs to get its public finances back on track this year or risk pressure from unforgiving financial markets to do so ...

France’s government confirmed it expects the budget deficit to rise to 6.1% of economic output in 2024 as it canceled some spending plans to mitigate part of the huge impact from unexpectedly ...

France has struggled in recent years to rein in public spending. Fresh data from the country's statistics agency, Insee, ...

France’s public debt rose again in early 2025, reaching just over €3.35 trillion at the end of the first quarter – 114 ...

Bayrou survived his eighth no-confidence motion on Tuesday, after a truce struck with the Socialists collapsed over his ...

France is facing the prospect of the collapse of its government amid a row over how to tackle the country’s large budget deficit. Both the hard Right and hard Left have vowed to call a vote of ...

French Prime Minister François Bayrou will face a no-confidence vote from Socialist MPs after talks between unions and ...