France is missing out on the investor optimism that has defined Europe's markets this year, hamstrung by its strained public ...

Even if France's government survives the autumn, investors expect the budget squeeze to underwhelm as a fix for fiscal strains and so fail to increase the appeal of French assets. "Any compromise ...

Former French prime minister and EU commissioner Michel Barnier discusses French fiscal policy, the state of France's ...

The President’s ambitions were Jupiterian. Now they lie in ashes.

Despite a public denial of another election, his government is in such trouble that the French president seems tempted by ...