(Bloomberg) -- French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou said he aimed to reach an agreement with parliament on a 2025 budget that would reduce the country’s deficit to close to 5%, near the level his ...

(Bloomberg) -- Prime Minister Francois Bayrou survived his first no-confidence motion in France’s highly fractious parliament on Thursday as the far-right and Socialists abstained in the vote. In a ...

France may likely be subjected to political uncertainty as Prime Minister Francois Bayrou warns to use special executive powers to get his budget approved without a vote by lawmakers. The move is ...

France faces political uncertainty as PM François Bayrou calls for a confidence vote amidst budget crisis and spending cuts.

French President Emmanuel Macron named centrist ally François Bayrou as prime minister, after a historic parliamentary vote ousted the previous government. Former Prime Minister Michel Barnier ...

Bayrou's statements have been contradicted by a number of people including his own daughter. French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou on Wednesday faces one of the most delicate moments of his five ...

France’s prime minister proposed on Tuesday the elimination of two public holidays from the country’s annual calendar — possibly Easter Monday and the day marking the Allied victory over the Nazis — ...

French Prime Minister François Bayrou stated Wednesday before a parliamentary committee that he was unaware of any sexual abuse allegations at a Catholic school in southwestern France during his ...

PARIS — French Prime Minister François Bayrou said he plans to sue investigative media outlet Mediapart after it reported that he “lied” to defend a Catholic school where a priest had been accused of ...

Michael D. Carroll is a Newsweek Breaking News Editor based in Birmingham, United Kingdom. His focus is reporting live news, U.S. and U.K. politics, and world news with attention on the Middle East.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks to the media following a bill signing as Texas senators debate a bill on a redrawn U.S. congressional map during a special session in the Senate Chamber at the Texas ...