'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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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, to paraphrase Victor Hugo, the ideas are standing on their feet. France is ...
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 ...
France’s government is fighting for survival over its 2025 budget. Here's what to know
French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou used special executive powers Monday to get the country's 2025 budget approved without ...
Macron’s France finally passes a budget, with car taxes of €90,000
France is all but prohibiting the sale of over-powered, gas-guzzling SUVs and cars. It is taking full aim at over-sized hunks ...
French Prime Minister survives no-confidence votes on 2025 budget
French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou on Wednesday survived two no-confidence votes in parliament, paving the way for the ...
A Budget for French Decline
More tax increases that will slow growth, as Macron’s influence ebbs.
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 ...
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France's proposed budget cuts set to slash overseas development aid
France's proposed budget cuts set to slash overseas development aid France is planning to reduce public development aid by up to 40 percent as part of its €32 billion budget cuts for 2025 ...
France Seeks Budget Compromise to Stave Off Government Collapse
French lawmakers on Thursday will try to reach a budget compromise that can get enough support to avert another government ...
France’s Government Survives a No-Confidence Vote and a Budget Is Finally Adopted
The head of France’s far-right National Rally party says he doesn’t support a no-confidence motion filed against the ...
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France’s government survives no-confidence vote as budget finally adopted
France’s government survived a no-confidence vote in parliament on Wednesday, as the state budget for 2025 was finally adopted. Prime Minister Francois Bayrou had used special constitutional ...