Like traders in a souk, politicians keep tossing out new spending targets: 2%, 3% or even 5%. The decisive factor, however, ...

France's main far-right party on Tuesday said it did not intend to back a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister ...

A no-confidence vote is scheduled Wednesday in the National Assembly and needs at least half the 577 votes to pass. Hard-left ...

A no-confidence vote is expected to take place on Wednesday for Francois Bayrou, the fourth prime minister since last year.

French Prime Minister François Bayrou on Monday made use of a special article in the constitution to push through a budget ...

France's prime minister has used special executive powers to get the 2025 budget approved without a vote by lawmakers ...

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The revised approach seeks to bring France's budget deficit to 5.4% of GDP this year, a shift from the European Commission's earlier estimate for 2024. Although Barnier's earlier plan aimed for a ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana Gov. Mike Braun says he wants 5% cuts to the budget of every state agency. Braun made the announcement before presenting his budget to lawmakers in Indianapolis. He has tasked ...

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. urged substantial allocations for key programs of the Department of Education (DepEd), which warned that cuts in its 2025 budget could worsen ...

Barbara DiPoli, 53, a US Army veteran and former member of the Kansas Air National Guard, was identified as the woman who died while on an Air France flight home after celebrating her retirement ...

French Prime Minister François Bayrou survived his first major test in the National ... but also said that France's "excessive" deficits needed to be cut in this year's budget.