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

The European Union is facing mounting pressure to scale back its highly contested ESG reporting requirements, as France prepares to unveil a formal proposal seeking to limit the scope of the regulatory framework.

In his first term as president (2017-2021), Mr Trump imposed tariffs on a series of European products, including steel and aluminium, in retaliation for a trade dispute between Washington DC and Brussels over their respective subsidies for the aviation firms Boeing (US) and Airbus (French-European).

PARIS/BRUSSELS — France is pushing to delay EU rules requiring companies to report on their environmental footprint and exposure to climate risk and to check that their suppliers comply with environmental and forced labor rules.

France's relations with US President Donald Trump are "transactional", the French government's spokesperson said Wednesday, adding that neither side wants to enter a trade war. Trump threatened a

The fledgling Paris government is “trying their best” to get a budget through parliament after a previous version sunk its predecessor.

EU finance ministers on Tuesday formally approved France's multi-annual budget plan, despite its scaled-back ambitions to rein in the country's ballooning budget deficit this year.

The European Union has told France its plan for slower deficit reduction next year is still within the bloc’s rules, handing Francois Bayrou ’s government a reprieve in its battle to repair creaking public finances.

President Trump ruffled feathers with his plan to buy Greenland, and a Danish MEP is pushing back in a coarsely worded response put in 'words [he] might understand.'

The European Union cannot rely on the United States to defend it and must increase military spending and security preparedness to deter Russia from targeting more of its neighbors after Ukraine, senior officials have warned.

New EU rules on reporting social sustainability efforts are creating "hell" for companies, France said Wednesday, joining a growing chorus of criticism by executives.

Despite an all-time low in the number of births noted in the French National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies annual report published on Tuesday, the total fertility rate stands at 1.62 children per woman,