The measure most likely to rankle the French was a proposal to scrap two national holidays: Easter Monday and May 8, which ...

PARIS — The European Union’s former chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier is considering running for France’s parliament in a by-election in Paris.

France's Prime Minister François Bayrou has proposed cutting two public holidays as part of a 2026 budget proposal to slash ...

French prime minister François Bayrou has called on the French to "work more" and abolish two public holidays, while ...

French Prime Minister François Bayrou presents the highly anticipated 2026 budget to parliament on Tuesday, outlining plans ...

The budget would impose sweeping cuts to social programs to free up tens of billions of euros for the ongoing military build-up and NATO war plans against Russia.

It was the eighth attempt in just seven months to bring down his government. He took office on December 14 following the ...

Former French prime minister and EU commissioner Michel Barnier discusses French fiscal policy, the state of France's ...

If France didn’t have enough to worry about right now with its soaring rates of debt, crime and immigration, now comes news ...

Though Macron rejected the idea of calling another election during a visit to Madagascar in April, allies have advised him ...

Bayrou survived his eighth no-confidence motion on Tuesday, after a truce struck with the Socialists collapsed over his ...

France needs to get its public finances back on track this year or risk pressure from unforgiving financial markets to do so ...