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.

Though Macron rejected the idea of calling another election during a visit to Madagascar in April, allies have advised him ...

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

French far right leader Marine Le Pen may have decided to let Prime Minister Francois Bayrou survive this time round, but his ...

French centrist prime minister Francois Bayrou survived a no-confidenece vote on Tuesday after just over half a year in ...

France must urgently take steps to rein in public finances or soon be forced into painful austerity, the country’s audit ...

France needs to get its public finances back on track this year or risk pressure from unforgiving financial markets to do so ...

Bayrou survived his eighth no-confidence motion on Tuesday, after a truce struck with the Socialists collapsed over his ...