Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron announced a new migrant return agreement due to begin ...

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

# But all that is in the distant past. France is Britain’s closest neighbour and an old ally. What welcome news it is that bilateral relations have been demonstrably strengthened following last week’s ...

France’s public deficit hit 5.8% of GDP in 2024, totalling €168.6 billion, a figure well above the maximum allowed by EU rules. View on euronews ...

By Leigh Thomas and Elizabeth Pineau PARIS (Reuters) -French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou proposed scrapping two public holidays and freezing most public spending as part of a 43.8 billion euro ( ...

France 's prime minister, Francois Bayrou, has proposed scrapping two public holidays, potentially including Easter Monday and the Allied victory day, to generate savings for next year's budget.

French Prime Minister François Bayrou has proposed a broad spending freeze for next year and scrapping two national holidays, putting his political survival on the line to narrow the deficit.

President Emmanuel Macron announced on 13 July that the country would boost its defence budget to reach €64 billion in 2027 – double the budget in 2017. The newly proposed military spending plans ...

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

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

PARIS - French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou proposed scrapping two public holidays as part of a 43.8 billion euro ($50.88 ...

France, the United Kingdom and Germany will launch the UN snapback mechanism on Iran to restore sanctions by the end of ...