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 ...

The French government expects a planned levy to counter tax optimization by the richest individuals to raise €2 billion ($2.1 billion) this year, according to Finance Ministry officials.

EU finance ministers on Tuesday formally approved France's multi-annual budget plan, despite its scaled-back ambitions to rein in the country's ballooning budget deficit this year.

Heavily indebted France has received the green light from the Council of the European Union for its plans to gradually reduce ...

French Finance Minister Eric Lombard has gained support from Brussels for France's deficit-reduction plan, a positive ...

France has one of the highest and longest-standing budget deficits in the eurozone – but attempts to resolve it have already ...

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 ...

The prime minister runs a minority government, composed of ministers ranging from ex-Socialists to conservatives, which is not based on any formal coalition pact. Faced with the same problem, his ...

His predecessor was thrown out of office after a very short time. So France's new prime minister, Francois Bayrou, is trying ...

His government on shaky ground, Prime Minister François Bayrou offered to reopen debate on the measure, which raised the ...

President Emmanuel Macron picked François Bayrou as France’s new prime minister earlier this month, despite his lack of any ...

who became France's fourth prime minister in a year when he took office a month ago, faces a huge challenge to get agreement ...