France’s new finance minister, the experienced Eric Lombard (banker, economist – newly nicknamed as ‘Spider-Man’) has ...

Bank of France Governor Francois Villeroy de Galhau said the government must be as ambitious as possible with budget cuts to ...

France’s Socialist Party is willing to compromise on the budget, opening a narrow path for Prime Minister Francois Bayrou’s ...

France needs to bring its public sector budget deficit as close as possible to 5% of economic output this year as a first ...

The mood music around French budget talks improved this week as the Socialists softened their positions after new Prime ...

The warning comes as France's government meets party representatives, hopeful of winning support for a new budget bill. View ...

In the UK, the Labour government’s decision in October to loosen policy compared with prior plans added to investor unease.

French President Emmanuel Macron’s office announced a new government Monday, after the previous Cabinet collapsed in a ...

FRANCE’S budget deficit for 2025 “will not be much above 5 per cent,” the country’s budget minister Amelie de Montchalin reaffirmed in an interview published on Sunday with Le Parisien paper. Read ...

PARIS — French Finance Minister Eric Lombard has taken a significant step toward reaching a budget deal that would secure the short-term survival of his government but partially roll back President ...

A budget also sets income and corporate tax rates for the year, and addresses a public deficit that France has promised its European partners it would reign in. The Moody’s rating agency has ...

France Has a New Government. Now It Must Fix the Budget While Avoiding Collapse PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron’s office announced a new government Monday, after the previous ...