France’s far-right National Rally outlined a fiscal wish list for next year that includes taxing superdividends and share buybacks, keeping up pressure on Prime Minister Michel Barnier as parliament starts debating his 2025 budget bill.

French Prime Minister Michel Barnier presented to his cabinet a deficit-slashing budget on Thursday, ahead of a likely battle in parliament. In office for just a month, Barnier recently survived a

France's far-right leader Jordan Bardella said on Wednesday his party's budget proposals must be taken on board, raising the risk that Prime Minister Michel Barnier's minority government might otherwise face a no-confidence vote that could topple it.

Michel Barnier, the French prime minister, will tax private jets in a bid to reduce France’s ballooning deficit. The plan is one of several tax-the-rich schemes unveiled in Mr Barnier’s austerity budget on Thursday,