France Won’t Be Blackmailed Over Budget, Finance Minister Says
11 hours ago · Finance Minister Antoine Armand said France won’t accept artificial budget deadlines from Marine Le Pen even as the far-right leader gave her strongest indication yet …
Facing far-right ultimatum, French finance minister says budget …
2 days ago · French Economy, Finance and Industry Minister Antoine Armand attends a debate session on the first part of the 2025 budget bill (PLF) at the National Assembly in Paris, …
French far right says government spurned budget talks | Reuters
23 hours ago · To survive the vote in the fractured lower house, Barnier needs Marine Le Pen's party to abstain, otherwise his government and the budget bill could fall, plunging France into …
French PM scraps electricity tax amid far right's no-confidence threat
3 days ago · French Prime Minister Michel Barnier on Thursday dropped plans to raise electricity taxes in his 2025 budget, bowing to far-right threats to bring the government down unless he …
French government unveils unprecedented budget cuts for 2025
Oct 10, 2024 · French Prime Minister Michel Barnier’s new government is under pressure from financial markets and the European Union to balance its budget. The long-term goal of these …
France's budget battle: Why the government's plan to plug the …
Oct 15, 2024 · France’s new government has unveiled its 2025 belt-tightening budget bill, with plans for major tax hikes and spending cuts aimed at tackling the country’s giant deficit.
'We spent a lot.' How two years of denial led to France's budget …
Oct 17, 2024 · How did France go from the 4.4% public deficit level that was initially forecast for the end of 2024, to the 6.1% that has since come to be expected?
France Unveils Tough Austerity Budget to Mend Its Finances
Oct 10, 2024 · France’s main fiscal oversight body warned Thursday that the budget could hurt the French economy, cutting growth next year from an already tepid 1.1 percent pace forecast …
French far right says government spurned budget talks, piling …
13 hours ago · France 24 - International breaking news, top stories and headlines. en. Settings. Menu. France; ... The growing uncertainty over France's budget and the future of its …
France's budgetary situation is 'very serious', new PM Barnier says
Sep 18, 2024 · France has a "very serious" budgetary deficit, Prime Minister Michael Barnier said, weeks after France was placed on a formal procedure for violating European Union budgetary …