EU finance ministers agree on France’s cost-cutting budget as Bayrou walks tightrope
France has one of the highest and longest-standing budget deficits in the eurozone – but attempts to resolve it have already ...
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France’s Bayrou to split controversial euthanasia bill
French Prime Minister François Bayrou on Tuesday announced plans to divide highly sensitive legislation that would legalise assisted dying into two separate parts. The bill – adressing a politically ...
France's PM Bayrou weakened by Socialist threat to back no-confidence vote
The long-term survival prospects of French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou's minority government have shrunk as he fights to ...
France's new prime minister says he'll renegotiate a contested plan to raise the retirement age
PARIS — France’s new prime minister François Bayrou announced Tuesday the renegotiation of a contested plan raising the ...
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EU goes easy on France’s Bayrou as he tries to plug €53B black hole
The fledgling Paris government is “trying their best” to get a budget through parliament after a previous version sunk its ...
'Bayrou's best isn't enough': France heading to a crash, warns IMF's former chief economist
Like his ousted predecessor Michel Barnier, Bayrou has made deficit reduction a priority, although with less ambitious tax ...
French Prime Minister Signals He Will Revisit Retirement Law That Led to Mass Protests
His government on shaky ground, Prime Minister François Bayrou offered to reopen debate on the measure, which raised the ...
France sees record demand for first syndicated bond sale since its election
France's first syndicated government bond sale since a snap election last year unleashed turmoil in its markets saw record ...
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France’s Bayrou buys himself time with overture to Socialists
There should be “no totems or taboos” as new prime minister fights to reform pensions — and keep his job.