Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news.   14:31 The pound has touched a new two and a ...

Concerns are growing among France's European Union partners and on financial markets that the fragility of its minority ...

The French government is studying targeted taxes on the wealthy and large companies as it tries to navigate an urgent need to ...

France’s new government dominated by conservatives and centrists has gathered for the first time as Prime Minister Michel ...

France's new Prime Minister Michel Barnier, gathering his cabinet for the first time on Monday, told ministers to focus on ...

Following an unprecedented period where France was without a government, Michel Barnier has now announced a cabinet, which in ...

Since French President Emmanuel Macron’s explosive gamble to dissolve parliament before the summer, rumors have swirled over ...

PARIS -- France's new government dominated by conservatives and centrists gathered for the first time Monday as Prime ...

It took France nine long weeks to form a government after parliamentary elections delivered a deeply divided National ...

French Prime Minister Michel Barnier unveiled his new cabinet Saturday. But as months of political paralysis come to a close, ...

France is likely to see much tougher immigration and security measures to reflect a broad rightward shift in society, its new ...

Concerns are rising about France's minority government's ability to manage its public finances amidst opposition from far-right and far-left parties. With a rising budget deficit and public debt, the ...