The new French government has signalled it is willing to push for fewer spending cuts and tax increases in fraught budget ...

France’s Socialist Party is willing to compromise on the budget, opening a narrow path for Prime Minister Francois Bayrou’s ...

The composition of the new cabinet is under scrutiny, as analysts and citizens question whether this government can achieve ...

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday that new Prime Minister Francois Bayrou will travel to China to try to make ...

French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou said that far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen, who died Tuesday aged 96, was a "fighter" and a "figure of French political life." ...

French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau leaves after the first Council of Ministers under the new government at the Elysee ...

French farmers once again attempted to block the capital on Monday – the latest in a continuing quest to get better pay and ...

Jean-Marie Le Pen, an extreme right-winger who haunted the French political establishment for decades, died on Tuesday aged ...

French President Emmanuel Marcon called for boldness at the first Council of Ministers meeting held by François Bayrou's new government, while the new Prime Minister insisted there is a path out ...

But finance ministry officials insist it’s just a time-saving move, not an endorsement of Michel Barnier’s plans.

Bayrou plans to use former Prime Minister Michel Barnier’s budget proposal as a starting point, even though Barnier’s ...

Le Pen founded the populist and Eurosceptic political party National Front, which is now led by his daughter and is the ...