The French parliament on Tuesday passed last-minute legislation to keep the government in business into January after the ...

French lawmakers narrowly approved the 2026 social security budget on Tuesday, handing Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu a crucial victory but at enormous political and financial cost that could still ...

The French parliament has failed to agree on next year's budget, but the law allows for a 'rollover budget', avoiding a ...

Despite concessions from the European Commission, including a safeguard clause that is due to be adopted by the European ...

Just like at the end of 2024, this special bill will be put to MPs to prevent state finances from shutting down while waiting ...

By voluntarily abandoning the use of the 49-3, the prime minister in effect gave MPs the chance to amend the government's budget text to their hearts' content. If the text then fails, he calculates, ...

Sebastien Lecornu narrowly survived a crucial test on Tuesday as France's divided parliament voted in favour of a 2026 budget bill.

The high-stakes vote gives some respite for the weakened French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu View on euronews ...

France's social security budget faces a knife-edge vote on Tuesday that could trigger a fresh political crisis and leave a 30-billion-euro ($35 billion) hole in funding for healthcare, pensions and ...

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French lawmakers debated on Tuesday the social security budget ahead of a knife-edge vote that could trigger a fresh political crisis and leave a 30-billion-euro ($35 billion) hole in funding for ...