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 ...

France's prime minister has sparked fierce debate by proposing the abolition of two national holidays, aiming to tackle ...

The budget would impose sweeping cuts to social programs to free up tens of billions of euros for the ongoing military ...

France and Saudi Arabia are co-chairing a United Nations conference on July 28-29 at U.N. Headquarters in New York to advance the two-state solution to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. Titled the ...

High above the River Orb, the cathedral of Béziers dominates this plain beside the French Mediterranean. Next to the cathedral is the town jail. After the prisoners moved out in 2009, the architects ...

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

As the top Tour de France riders lined up in early July, Tadej Pogačar and Jonas Vingegaard — the rivals who have won the ...

French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou has unveiled a comprehensive strategy to stabilize France's public finances, proposing measures such as cutting two bank holidays and reducing budget deficits by ...

French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou, tasked by President Macron, is addressing France's looming debt crisis with a 40 ...

A rescheduled United Nations conference this month will discuss post-war plans for Gaza and preparations for the recognition ...

France celebrated its biggest holiday Monday with 7,000 people marching, on horseback or riding armored vehicles along the ...