After tense negotiations, a joint parliamentary committee agreed on a final version of the long-overdue 2025 budget plan.

By Dominique Vidalon and Geert De Clercq PARIS (Reuters) -French Finance Minister Eric Lombard said on Friday that talks on ...

Bernard Arnault, the billionaire boss of the world's biggest luxury conglomerate LVMH, has picked a fight with the French ...

Bernard Arnault, the billionaire boss of the world's biggest luxury conglomerate LVMH, has picked a fight with the French ...

Even if the joint parliamentary committee finds a compromise, there is no guarantee the budget bill will be adopted by the ...

To Mr Mélenchon’s consternation, 58 out of 66 Socialist deputies, including their leader, Olivier Faure, refused. They ...

The no-confidence vote in Michel Barnier that has toppled his minority ... been exacerbated by the lack of a culture of political compromise in France. Despite various attempts, Barnier was unable to ...

Storm clouds have hovered over French politics for some time now but it was in the summer of last year that the thunder really began to roll. In July, early parliamentary elections resulted in an ...

France entered the new year for the first time in its modern history without a proper budget after lawmakers ousted Prime Minister Michel Barnier in opposition to his plans to bring down the country's ...

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Mr. Le Pen’s death comes amid tremendous political turmoil in France. The economy is dragging ... of the former center-right prime minister Michel Barnier fell after only three months, as ...

But Bayrou's administration remains weak, and still faces an uphill battle to pass the 2025 budget that led to the ouster of his predecessor, Michel Barnier. On Thursday, 131 lawmakers voted in ...