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

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

PARIS – Michel Barnier, the EU’s former chief Brexit negotiator and briefly serving French prime minister in 2024, has announced his candidacy for a Paris parliamentary seat, seeking to reassert ...

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 ...

EDITORIAL. The French prime minister unveiled a €43.8 billion plan to begin stabilizing France's public debt on Tu5. For now, it appears to spare big corporations and remains vague about the ...

French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou has proposed removing two public holidays, among other measures, to boost the nation’s ...

Michel Barnier, who was the prime minister of France for three months in 2024, will run in a constituency in Paris that ...

PM François Bayrou will struggle to get the 44 bln euros of savings in the 2026 budget passed by parliament, meaning the ...

François Bayrou does not lack courage - writes John Lichfield. There was something to anger everyone in his extraordinary ...

France's Prime Minister François Bayrou proposes scrapping two public holidays in 2026 to reduce deficit and control €3.3 ...

French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou proposed scrapping two national holidays, part of a drastic effort to repair public ...