“I am discovering that the country’s budgetary situation is very serious,” said Michel Barnier, who was appointed by President Emmanuel Macron this month after a summer in which France ...

The French presidential palace unveiled a new centre-right government Saturday, more than two months after elections that produced a hung parliament and deepened political divisions as France ...

It came more than two months after elections that produced a hung parliament and deepened political divisions as France grapples with growing financial and diplomatic challenges. A left-wing ...

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In order to address the economic consequences of COVID-19, on 3 September 2020 the French government set out its “France Relance” recovery plan. This is a massive €100 billion investment plan ...

With more than 90 million foreign visitors recorded in 2018 (including overseas destinations), France remains the world’s leading tourist destination (ahead of Spain, the United States, China and ...

France’s new government dominated by conservatives and centrists gathered for the first time Monday as Prime Minister Michel Barnier set budget and migrant issues as top priorities. Barnier ...

Barnier’s newly named cabinet marks a tilt to the right and will need to maintain enough support across France’s National Assembly to avoid being dissolved with a no-confidence vote.

France has become the first country in the world to explicitly include the right to abortion in its constitution. Parliamentarians voted to revise the country's 1958 constitution to enshrine women ...

France’s new prime minister, Michel Barnier, has opened the door to reversing some of President Emmanuel Macron’s tax cuts in an effort to fix the country’s widening budget deficit. By Liz ...

A ranking of the top songs based on streaming and sales activity from within the country- as tracked by Luminate. The ranking is based on a weighted formula incorporating official-only streams ...

France's football captain has called the media reports "fake news" and his lawyers say he is stunned. The group is alleged to have made fake labels from famous French vineyards, using them to sell ...