PM Sébastien Lecornu's bill aims to slightly reduce the public deficit after it overshot in 2026. Amid soaring interest rates and sluggish growth, it is an ambitious goal. Given the lack of a majority in the Assemblée, there is no guarantee the bill will be adopted.
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Around 80 data centre projects - including one billed as Europe’s largest - are hoping to connect to France's power grid - but local opposition is growing....
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High school protests in France spread to universities on Thursday as students demanding more funding, smaller classes and the replacement of absent teachers continued blockades across the country. The government has announced a new consultation platform for high school students, ...
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The new rise in France's ten-year borrowing rate, now close to 5%, shows investors' mounting distrust of a public debt that keeps climbing.
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The eviction of a disabled 87-year-old woman in Madrid from a flat she lived in for 70 years has sparked outrage and comparisons of renter rights across the continent....
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The French government, lacking a clear parliamentary majority, faces a difficult political battle as it seeks to pass its budget.
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A Paris court has found six men guilty of manslaughter over the deaths of 27 people in the Channel in 2021 – the worst mass drowning on record involving migrants in the narrow waterway separating France and Britain....
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Is it really so urgent to tackle France's public debt issue? Here are the key figures you need to know to have an informed debate about public finances....
