More tax increases that will slow growth, as Macron’s influence ebbs.

France has a retirement age lower than many of its European neighbors, but many French people view an early retirement as sacrosanct. It was part of the social contract developed at the end of World ...

French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou will on Monday try to force through his government's budget without a vote using a ...

The reigning champ in Oscar’s Best International Film category is The Zone of Interest, a film directed by an Englishman, shot in Poland, and whose dialogue is mostly German. Though filmmaker Jonathan ...

France’s beleaguered economy was given a boost by the Olympics Games in Paris last summer but political upheaval has ensued ...

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

It means President Emmanuel Macron's government lives to ... including by offering to re-negotiate a 2023 pension reform disliked by the left. "We will not censor you (today)," Socialist Party ...

Brigitte Macron brought a touch of sparkle to the state dinner for Angola in Paris on Thursday. France’s first lady was joined by her husband, President Emmanuel Macron, and distinguished guests ...

The no-confidence motion won the backing of 131 deputies, well short of the 288 it needed to pass — but the far right has vowed to keep its options open once budget negotiations begin.

The other is that it is opening the way to unravelling President Emmanuel Macron’s economic policies, including his flagship second-term reform, an increase in the pension age. The centrepiece ...

Demonstrators demand the repeal of pension reform and higher wages and pensions ... A brief recap (last one, we promise) - in June of 2024 Emmanuel Macron called a snap parliamentary election ...