France can no longer afford to put off belt-tightening, public auditor says
France's public finances spiralled out of control last year as a political crisis left four successive governments paralysed ...
France’s government survives a no-confidence vote and a budget is finally adopted
The head of France’s far-right National Rally party said Tuesday he doesn’t support a no-confidence motion filed against the ...
France’s government is fighting for survival over its 2025 budget. Here's what to know
France’s prime minister has used special executive powers to get the 2025 budget approved without a vote by lawmakers ...
France Is in a Deep, Deep Hole
The longtime patriarch of the French far right, Jean-Marie Le Pen, died last month. Yet while the cadaver lies in the ground, ...
'France's 2025 budget is an uneasy compromise, lacking direction, courage and a structural remedy'
COLUMN. Without a complete overhaul of the financing of our social model, France will be unable to regain control of its ...
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A Budget for French Decline
The signature achievement of Mr. Bayrou’s budget is to bring the French budget deficit to about 5.4% of GDP, down from 6.2% ...
France’s Smaller State Deficit Gives Some Respite in Budget Woes
France’s core state budget deficit narrowed in 2024, offering the government some relief as it clings to power in a tussle ...
France: A budget to avoid the worst
EDITORIAL. The draft budget for 2025 was definitively adopted on Thursday after six months of procrastination. But the ...
France’s Budget Crisis Ends as Government Survives No-Confidence Vote
Prime Minister François Bayrou broke a blockade of opposition parties that had brought down the government of his predecessor ...
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France’s government is fighting for survival over its 2025 budget. Here’s what you need to know
That may provide France with a budget at last, or send the country into new political and economic turmoil. Bayrou’s survival ...
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France’s government is fighting for survival over its 2025 budget. Here's what to know
France's prime minister has used special executive powers to get the 2025 budget approved without a vote by lawmakers PARIS -- French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou used special executive powers ...