French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou has unveiled a controversial plan to slash 43.8 billion euros ($51 billion) from state spending, warning that mounting debt poses a "mortal danger" to the nation.

Early elections to the National Assembly, or the lower house of parliament, will be called if President Emmanuel Macron exercises his constitutional right to dissolve the lower house ...

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

A  European Union court on Wednesday (July 16) dismissed an appeal brought by French far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen's heirs, including his daughter Marine Le Pen, against a European Parliament ...

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen is threatening to bring down Prime Minister François Bayrou’s government over a controversial €44 billion budget plan ...

An EU court on Wednesday dismissed an appeal brought by Jean-Marie Le Pen's heirs against a European Parliament decision demanding repayment for about 300,000 euros ($348,000) the late French ...

The EU’s General Court in Luxembourg dismissed a challenge against findings that Jean-Marie Le Pen had received undue payments ...

The EU's General Court upheld on Wednesday a European Parliament (EP) decision requiring the estate of late French far-right ...

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

Prime Minister Francois Bayrou said Tuesday he wanted to reduce the number of public holidays in France as part of a bid to ...

The last thing far-right leader Marine Le Pen needed was another legal fire to break out for her Rassemblement National party ...

French authorities' aggressive tactics are raising alarming concerns over political persecution amid a troubling ...