French Prime Minister François Bayrou comfortably survived his first confidence vote on Thursday, a little over one month ...

T HREE YEARS ago the French Socialist Party was crushed into irrelevance. The party that supplied two modern ...

European Union finance ministers will approve French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou's deficit-cutting plan on Tuesday as it ...

That is at least what French Prime Minister François Bayrou plans on doing — using Michel Barnier’s blueprint as a starting point for his own budget, despite the fact that opposition lawmakers ousted ...

France's Socialists have cancelled a round of budget talks scheduled for Tuesday evening following controversial statements ...

The EU supports French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou's revised plan to cut the budget deficit below 3% of GDP by 2029. The updated plan is approved, adhering to the EU's requirements, and was ...

France’s economy faces stagnation with GDP growth forecast at just 0.6% for 2025 and a 6.1% budget deficit in 2024.

France entered the new year for the first time in its modern history without a proper budget after lawmakers ousted Prime Minister Michel Barnier in opposition to his plans to bring down the country's ...

Emmanuel Macron has admitted that his decision to dissolve the National Assembly last year was a failure. “I have to admit this evening that, for the moment, the dissolution has brought more ...

France has one of the highest and longest-standing budget deficits in the eurozone – but attempts to resolve it have already ...

If Bayrou were to lose Socialist support, he would find himself in a similar position to predecessor Michel Barnier: reliant on the grace of the far-right National Rally (RN), which could pull its ...