Budget

Macron announces plans to boost French defence spending to €400bn

French government survives no-confidence votes after forcing through budget

Uproar as French government forces budget through divided parliament

Position of UK's PM, Liz Truss, in doubt after new Treasury chief axes 'Trussonomics'

France's article 49.3 a handy constitutional tool to bypass parliament

French government budget proposals met with mixed, mostly negative, reactions

Energy crisis prompts France to borrow record sum for 2023 budget

After angry debate, French parliament agrees spending power budget changes

First day of French spending power debate ends in violent rancour directed at government

Podcast: France's healthcare crisis, 'deserting' agro-tech, fête de la musique

Scorpions take Gambia to victory in first AFCON23 qualifier

South Africa is becoming vast welfare state, says finance minister

France fends off criticism of Macron's final budget before re-election bid

French healthcare spending reached record lows during 2020 Covid pandemic

Covid crisis pushes French budget deficit 47 billion euros further into the red

France to scale down emergency aid and balance the books on Covid

EU leaders wrangle over climate change in marathon summit

French Senate passes social security draft budget, revives pensions polemic

Hungary, Poland veto EU budget over rule of law requirement

Hungary's Orban threatens to veto EU budget over rule of law conditions

French government vows to continue support for Air France despite €2.6 billion loss in 2nd quarter

Macron threatens walkout as EU leaders disagree on Covid-19 bailout

EU talks on Covid-19 stimulus deliver no deal as divisions remain

'Catastrophic' debt, unemployment predicted in France due to Covid-19