By staking out such a maximalist position on the budget, the French PM may be giving himself room to negotiate a fall deal.

President Emmanuel Macron has been hit by a political storm after his bid to remove two holidays, amid concern about the ...

French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou wants to scrap two public holidays to put France's finances back on track. It's a brave ...

A  European Union court on Wednesday (July 16) dismissed an appeal brought by French far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen's heirs, including his daughter Marine Le Pen, against a European Parliament ...

Sources close to Budget Minister Amélie de Montchalin indicated that France’s total payment to Brussels would be lowered from the €29.2 billion initially projected. It also undercuts far-right ...

Early elections to the National Assembly, or the lower house of parliament, will be called if President Emmanuel Macron exercises his constitutional right to dissolve the lower house ...

French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou wants to scrap two public holidays to put France's finances back on track. It's a brave move: The ...

French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou has unveiled a controversial plan to slash 43.8 billion euros ($51 billion) from state ...

In today’s edition of The Capitals, read about Ursula von der Leyen’s €2 trillion budget power grab going down like a bucket of cold sick across Europe, Giorgia Meloni’s government hitting 1,000 days ...

France’s public debt has reached €3.3 trillion, or 114 per cent of GDP, with annual interest payments projected to hit €100 billion by 2029. Prime Minister François Bayrou’s 2026 budget proposes ...

French premier François Bayrou has staked his government’s survival on striking a deal with the Socialist party, betting he ...