Prime minister suggests axing two of 11 public holidays, including Easter Monday and May 8, to add ‘several billions of euros ...

French PM also wants to freeze increases to benefits and pensions, raise taxes on the wealthy, and reduce health care subsidies.

French Prime Minister François Bayrou has sparked a political firestorm with his sweeping budget cut proposals, aiming to slash €44 billion in public spending. Opposition parties across the spectrum ...

The Prime Minister presents the "main lines" of the 2026 budget. French Prime Minister, François Bayrou, is on thin ice after ...

Higher-than-expected U.K. inflation won't deter the BOE from loosening interest rates in August, but it could make policymakers more cautious about the pace of rate cuts ahead, according to the ...

French Prime Minister François Bayrou has proposed scrapping two public holidays as part of an austerity plan for the 2026 ...

France's Prime Minister François Bayrou proposes scrapping two public holidays in 2026 to reduce deficit and control €3.3 ...

France’s Prime Minister François Bayrou has proposed cutting two public holidays as part of a 2026 budget proposal to slash ...

The budget would impose sweeping cuts to social programs to free up tens of billions of euros for the ongoing military ...

The measure most likely to rankle the French was a proposal to scrap two national holidays: Easter Monday and May 8, which ...

PARIS, July 15. /TASS/. Mathilde Panot, of the parliament faction of the France Unbowed (LFI), has promised to put to vote the question of confidence in the government of Francois Bayrou in the ...

France's Prime Minister Francois Bayrou on Tuesday proposed cutting two public holidays as part of a 2026 budget proposal to slash overall spending while also increasing defence expenses.