France's 2024 public sector budget deficit is nearing 6% of GDP, as announced by Finance Minister Eric Lombard. The ...

France’s new finance minister, the experienced Eric Lombard (banker, economist – newly nicknamed as ‘Spider-Man’) has relaunched the budget process that will ...

The European Union has told France its plan for slower deficit reduction next year is still within the bloc’s rules, handing ...

France has one of the highest and longest-standing budget deficits in the eurozone – but attempts to resolve it have already ...

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.

France's new government set on Wednesday a lower target for spending cuts this year than its predecessor as it races to get a ...

The French government expects a planned levy to counter tax optimization by the richest individuals to raise €2 billion ($2.1 billion) this year, according to Finance Ministry officials.

But only a proper budget would help reduce France’s deficit and allow key expenses such as defense measures needed amid the ...

France’s Prime Minister Francois Bayrou said he would open the contested 2023 pension reform to renegotiation as he seeks the ...

France needs to bring its public sector budget deficit as close as possible to 5% of economic output this year as a first ...