French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou wants to scrap two public holidays to put France's finances back on track. It's a brave ...

The French government thinks the country has too many days off for its own good, but its proposal to cull some public ...

Prime Minister François Bayrou has angered MPs with a bid to cut two public holidays to rescue the country's finances.

France's PM François Bayrou has unveiled a sweeping €44 billion budget-cutting plan for 2026—freezing most public spending, ...

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

French Prime Minister François Bayrou has sparked a political firestorm with his sweeping budget cut proposals, aiming to ...

French PM François Bayrou unveiled deep spending cuts Tuesday in an effort to rein in France's burgeoning deficit, with ...

French PM Francois Bayrou proposes cutting two public holidays to address France's financial woes. Bayrou faces political upheaval with opposition from both the far-right and left-wing parties. While ...

France’s public deficit hit 5.8% of GDP in 2024, totalling €168.6 billion, a figure well above the maximum allowed by EU ...

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

But the budget Bayrou and his ministers presented was marked by a €43.8 billion squeeze designed to bring down France’s €3.3 ...