Ironing out the 2026 budget of the euro zone’s second-largest economy will prove a “demanding” task, French Economy Minister ...

Prime Minister François Bayrou broke a blockade of opposition parties that had brought down the government of his predecessor by doling out a series of concessions.

That may provide France with a budget at last, or send the country into new political and economic turmoil. Bayrou's survival depends on how many parties agree to support the motion. He is France’s ...

COLUMN. Without a complete overhaul of the financing of our social model, France will be unable to regain control of its ...

The longtime patriarch of the French far right, Jean-Marie Le Pen, died last month. Yet while the cadaver lies in the ground, ...

The signature achievement of Mr. Bayrou’s budget is to bring the French budget deficit to about 5.4% of GDP, down from 6.2% last year. That puts France closer to the European Union’s 3% target—but so ...

The Senate has adopted the 2025 health budget, the final chapter in France’s tumultuous months-long budget process that ...

From growing concerns about new French language levels for residency cards to how France's budget will affect you and using ...

Budget now finally fully approved, here's a look at the changes in the health and social care part of the finance law - from ...

PARIS - President Emmanuel Macron braved strikes and street protests to force through a deeply unpopular reform in 2023 ...

French lawmakers on Thursday will try to reach a budget compromise that can get enough support to avert another government collapse and restore financial certainty for the country. A handful of ...

EDITORIAL. The draft budget for 2025 was definitively adopted on Thursday after six months of procrastination. But the compromise is fragile, and there's good reason to voice frustration.