Facing far-right ultimatum, French finance minister says budget can still be improved
French Finance Minister Antoine Armand said on Saturday that the 2025 budget could still be improved, but stopped short of giving ground in a standoff with the far right over new concessions.
French Prime Minister Michel Barnier's government makes budget concession
French Prime Minister Michel Barnier scrapped plans to raise electricity taxes amid the far-right's no-confidence vote threat.
French Finance Minister Says Budget Can Still Be Improved
French Finance Minister Antoine Armand said on Saturday that the 2025 budget could still be improved, but stopped short of giving ground in a standoff with the far right over new concessions. Ratings agency Standard & Poor's gave Prime Minister Michel Barnier's fragile minority government a rare reprieve late on Friday leaving its rating steady although France's budget deficit has spiralled out of control this year.
France needs stability, says prime minister amid looming budget crisis
Prime Minister Michel Barnier said on Friday that France needed stability, when asked about a possible 'ultimatum' given to him by Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally party due to widespread opposition to his proposed budget.
French PM announces concession in bid to end budget standoff
French Prime Minister Michel Barnier on Thursday announced a major concession in a bid to end a standoff with the opposition over the budget, which has caused jitters on financial
Senegal demands answers as the West African country commemorates a French colonial massacre
On Dec. 1, 1944, likely hundreds of West African riflemen who fought for France during World War II were killed by the French ...
French PM scraps electricity tax amid far right's no-confidence threat
Gupta and Leigh Thomas PARIS (Reuters) -French Prime Minister Michel Barnier on Thursday dropped plans to raise electricity ...
French bond yields surpass Greece’s for first time as budget worries swirl
The 10-year yield on French government debt briefly reached 3.02 per cent in early trading on Thursday, crossing above the ...
French President Macron visits Notre Dame as fire-ravaged cathedral prepares to reopen
French President Emmanuel Macron French President Macron toured the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris Friday, just days before ...
For the first time, France’s Macron calls 1944 killings of West African troops by French a massacre
France's President Emmanuel Macron has for the first time recognized the killing of West African soldiers by the French Army ...
French Yields Close In on Italy With Safe Market Image in Ruins
First Ireland, then Portugal and Spain, and now Greece. One after another, countries at the heart of Europe’s debt crisis ...
'They threw her body into the ocean' - woman dies on boat headed for French island
The family of beauty-salon owner Fathi Hussein are deep in mourning at their home in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, following ...
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Senegal mourns Thiaroye war heroes slain by French troops 80 years ago
Senegal commemorates the 80th anniversary of the Thiaroye massacre on Sunday, honouring the African riflemen killed by French ...