The Economist1d
François Hollande hopes to make the French left electable again
T HREE YEARS ago the French Socialist Party was crushed into irrelevance. The party that supplied two modern ...
Chatham House2d
The collapse of Barnier’s government shows bold choices are needed to end France’s political deadlock
The no-confidence vote in Michel Barnier that has toppled his minority government ... Their intention is to force Emmanuel Macron to resign ahead of the French presidential election due in 2027. Both ...
EU Approves French Budget Plan Despite Deficit Overshoot
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.
EU finance ministers agree on France’s cost-cutting budget as Bayrou walks tightrope
France has one of the highest and longest-standing budget deficits in the eurozone – but attempts to resolve it have already ...