By staking out such a maximalist position on the budget, the French PM may be giving himself room to negotiate a fall deal.

French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou has unveiled a controversial plan to slash 43.8 billion euros ($51 billion) from state ...

Prime Minister François Bayrou is staking the political future of his government on a budget aimed at significantly reducing France’s national debt.

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

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 ...

The court upheld a ruling that late far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen had unduly claimed money spent on personal items as EU ...

Prime Minister François Bayrou’s plans to revive France’s finances include an inflammatory proposal to scrap two public ...

The leader of France’s National Rally parliamentary faction wished the prime minister’s plan mentioned the reduction of expenditures on receiving migrants or contributions to the EU budget, which is ...

That's among a raft of spending cuts laid out by Prime Minister Francois Bayrou in a sweeping, and potentially doomed, budget ...

There are accumulating—albeit belated—signs of a new political assertiveness in Europe, together with a growing appreciation ...

Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally is eyeing the 2027 elections. But the party is wary of the fallout for France from ...

On 9 July, police and judicial officials raided France’s far-right National Rally (RN) headquarters as part of an ...