Marine Le Pen’s party has threatened to bring down ... also high, state spending is 45pc of GDP and debt is just under 100pc. France’s problems stem from the pensions system. Macron has ...

Nevertheless, these organizations have never called on the working class to bring down Macron, even during last year’s pension struggles, when two-thirds of the French people wanted a general ...

Belgium has a major far-right party too, Vlaams Belang. But the far right is not the reason why Belgium is one of Europe's ...

Morland notes that the French ... “Why would they hang around to be taxed to pay pensions and dragooned into looking after the elderly? But I think before we get there, our welfare systems will ...

“Why are we doing that ... The Ukrainian last week travelled to Paris, where he met with Mr Trump and French president Emmanuel Macron to discuss potential solutions to end the war.

The fascinating thing about this situation is that, however awful Macron is, he is right about the need to cut public spending. The French state is a monster, employing about a third of the nation.

The new prime minister, a Macron ally, must try to assemble a government, regain control of France’s deficit and satisfy warring political factions.

French voters will be asked to "decide on certain crucial issues" for the country in 2025, President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday, appearing to propose one or more referendums to break the current ...

French President Emmanuel Macron acknowledged Tuesday in his New Year’s address to the nation that his decision to dissolve ...

Macron's office said in a statement that Bayrou "has been charged with forming a new government." Barnier stepped down after his government ... figure in the French president's centrist alliance.

French President Emmanuel Macron named long-time centrist ... He will need to step away from Macron’s very top-down style of governing. That's extremely important, given Macron's current unpopularity, ...