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Budget

French lawmakers race to pass emergency rollover 2026 budget law

France

France races to pass stopgap budget law after talks for proper budget fail

France

French PM Lecornu races to pass special budget law to avoid shutdown

France

French lawmakers adopt social security budget, suspend pension reform

France

French lawmakers adopt 2026 social security budget, suspend Macron's flagship pension reform

France

France's PM Lecornu looks to raise defence budget

France

France faces pivotal budget vote amid deep political divisions

France

France: Make-or-break vote for 2026 budget

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French PM and Socialists raise the stakes ahead of key social security budget vote

France

One of the challenges with French politics: There is no 'whipping system, it's not very disciplined'

France

France: Crucial vote for social security budget

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French lawmakers narrowly back social security budget in victory for PM Lecornu

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Social Security budget: Olivier Faure calls on the Socialists to vote in favor

France

French lawmakers approve taxation part of contested social security budget

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The World This Week

Ukraine & the shape-shifting 'dim wit' plan, Venezuela, Europe's call of duty

Europe
Talking Europe

A fair share or a fiscal fiasco? EU aims to tackle wealth inequality

Europe
Business

JP Morgan says it will build the biggest office block in London

Business
Business

More taxes, higher spending: A closer look at Britain's new budget

Business

UK unveils tax-raising budget as growth downgraded

Business

UK's Labour government to present budget under pressure from party base, bond markets

Business

French PM pressures divided parliament to pass contested 2026 budget

France

Belgium braced for three-day national strike over budget cuts

Europe

French lower house rejects contentious budget bill over tax proposals

France

Canadian PM passes first budget: Mark Carney's relied on opposition support or abstentions

Americas

'Choose France' business summit nets €9 billion in corporate investments

France

Russia’s wartime economy loses steam as oil revenues fall and the budget deficit grows

Europe

UK's PM Keir Starmer under pressure after budget rewrite

Europe

French National Assembly overwhelmingly votes to suspend controversial pension reform

France

France's struggle to pass a budget is 'the failure of Macron's second mandate', analyst says

France

France is still struggling to pass a budget

France

France: 2026 budget bill debate continues

France
A week in France

French MPs vote against wealth tax, setting scene for more political instability

France

French lawmakers add tax hike on multinationals to budget bill as tense talks continue

France

France deadlocked over proposed wealth tax

France

French parliament holds plenary debate on disputed budget

France

France's budget debate heats up as MPs reject income tax freeze

France

French government's fate in the balance as lawmakers set to vote on wealth tax

France

Germany to pay local staff at US bases during government shutdown

Europe

S&P cuts France credit rating from AA to A+

France
Business

‘New common sense’: Oxfam calls on governments to do more to tax the rich

Business
Business

French PM Lecornu pledges to suspend 2023 pension reform

Business

French PM Lecornu races against the clock to form govt cabinet

France
Talking Europe

'Something is wrong with us' in France: Ex-EU commissioner Thierry Breton

Europe
Perspective

French political crisis not solved, but there are 'potential routes forward', expert says

France
Business

Outgoing French PM says he will present draft budget next Monday

Business
The Debate

Bargaining and backstabbing: How to break France's political deadlock?

France

France’s outgoing PM is hopeful on budget, says snap election unlikely

France

France: Lecornu says snap elections are "less likely"

France

France: Finance minister warns that budget move would be costly

France

Caretaker French PM Lecornu: hopeful on budget, chance of snap election less likely

France

France's Le Pen vows to block any government, calls for polls

France

Socialist party leader Olivier Faure says his camp wants a real left-wing government

France

Macron's political isolation deepens as allies abandon him while outgoing PM holds last-ditch talks

France

France: Outgoing PM Lecornu says consensus emerging to have budget by year end

France

Outgoing French PM hopes to have a budget by end of 2025, dissolution 'looks more remote'

France

France: Outgoing Prime Minister Lecornu makes address after holding coalition talks

France
Business

'There's gonna have to be a compromise' on French budget, Prof. Antonio Fatas says

Business
A week in France

French politicians still in deadlock over country's budget

France

France: What is 49.3 and why has PM Lecornu decided not to use it?

France

French PM renounces using special powers at parliament over budget

France

Tens of thousands protest public spending cuts across France

France
People & Profit

'Zucman tax': Calls to tax the ultra-rich grow louder in France

Business

France sees third day of strikes amid budget impasse

France

French Unions plan nationwide strike over budget, retirement age, and public services

France

US Senate rejects bid to end government shutdown, Democrats hold firm on healthcare

Americas

USA: Republicans cancel talks meant to avoid US government shutdown

Americas

USA: Democrats says Trump is marching the country into a government shutdown

Americas

France: New government outlines fiscal priorities, ruling out wealth tax

France

More than a million protest across France against budget cuts, union says

As it happened
France

Mass protests erupt in Buenos Aires over Milei's austerity cuts

Americas

Disruptions to transport and tourist sites: What to expect from France’s September 18 strike

Explainer
France

"Zucman tax": A solution to France’s budget woes?

France