PARIS (AP) — France’s new government has unveiled its 2025 belt-tightening budget bill, with plans for major tax hikes and spending cuts aimed at tackling the country’s giant deficit. Prime ...

France is missing out on the investor optimism that has defined Europe's markets this year, hamstrung by its strained public ...

France needs to get its public finances back on track this year or risk pressure from unforgiving financial markets to do so ...

France’s main fiscal oversight body warned Thursday that the budget could hurt the French economy, cutting growth next year from an already tepid 1.1 percent pace forecast by the government.

Already the IMF and France's own budget watchdog doubted the outgoing government's plans to get last year's deficit of 5.5% of output down to the EU ceiling of 3% by 2027 - when far-right leader ...

France’s government confirmed it expects the budget deficit to rise to 6.1% of economic output in 2024 as it canceled some spending plans to mitigate part of the huge impact from unexpectedly ...

In the worst case, France could find itself without a 2025 budget, and on paper at least, would no be longer able to pay its civil servants. To avoid being sanctioned by Brussels, France must ...

Following its content distribution deal with Prime Video, France Télévisions, is now seeking to strengthen its partnership ...

LONDON—The Lancaster House defense and security cooperation treaties between France and the UK will “scale up,” reflecting the international threat picture, President Emmanuel Macron says.

But budget overruns and lower-than-expected tax revenues instead dug a bigger hole. This year’s budget deficit is expected to reach 6.1% of GDP. Barnier, appointed in September following surprise ...