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4 Aug 20
France’s home carers will each be given a ‘Covid-19 bonus’ in recognition of their work taking care of many of the nation’s elderly and people with disabilities.
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28 Jul 20
Problems with the publicly owned company managing the Eiffel Tower have led auditors to suggest the City of Paris could bring the monument back under direct control.
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10 Jul 20
France must look to spending cuts rather than tax increases to help cap public debt during its economic recovery from the pandemic, the country’s central bank head has said.
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30 Jun 20
France should undertake an “in-depth review” of its public spending policies in order to rebuild its economy and stop government debt spiralling, the country’s state auditor has said.
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28 Apr 20
Emmanuel Macron’s “expensive” response to the ‘yellow vest’ movement is partly to blame for France’s public deficit rising in 2019, the country’s court of auditors has found.
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17 Mar 20
France is mobilising €45bn to help keep its economy afloat, the finance minister announced, after president Emmanuel Macron declared the country was “at war” with the coronavirus.
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28 Feb 20
European finance ministers are considering intervention in their economies to counter the impact of coronavirus outbreaks.
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26 Feb 20
French president Emmanuel Macron’s deficit reduction plans have faltered due to deviations from his planned programme of cuts, according to the country’s national audit office.
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27 Jan 20
A hard-line trade union has called on the French government to abandon its pension reform proposals and start negotiations afresh.
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21 Jan 20
France and the US “will work together” to avoid a trade war over the French decision to introduce a digital tax last summer, Emmanuel Macron has said.
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13 Jan 20
A compromise on pension reform hoped to bring about the end of more than a month of strikes in France has been submitted to trade unions by the country’s prime minister.
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6 Jan 20
France will retaliate if the US imposes tariffs on its cheese and champagne, the country’s finance minister has warned.
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17 Dec 19
French president Emmanuel Macron suffered a blow to his pension reform ambitions as the high commissioner for pensions resigned amid countrywide strikes.
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6 Dec 19
France’s Court of Audit has given authorities in the country 11 recommendations to fight tax fraud.
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5 Dec 19
France is experiencing its biggest national strike in decades as angry workers demonstrate about proposed pension reforms.
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3 Dec 19
The US is likely to hit France with new tariffs on products including cheese and champagne to retaliate against the European country’s tax on ‘internet giants’, such as Google and Facebook.
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28 Nov 19
The US is preparing to announce whether authorities plan to take any action in response to a French tax on internet giants, such as Google and Facebook.
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7 Nov 19
The French and Chinese leaders have reaffirmed their support for the Paris Agreement on climate change, calling it “an irreversible process”.
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30 Oct 19
The French economy grew by 0.3% in the last quarter, defying the global slowdown.
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27 Sep 19
Multi-billion-euro tax cuts will be in France’s next budget, as president Emmanuel Macron hopes to maintain popular support for his economic reforms.
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17 Sep 19
French public sector workers took to the streets for the second time in a few days to protest pension changes that could see them working longer.
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30 Aug 19
France will spend the next month in a “dress rehearsal” for a no-deal Brexit, according to the country’s minister of public action and accounts Gérald Darmanin.
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23 Aug 19
Three years on from the Panama Papers data leak, France has signed an agreement with Panama to try to fight tax evasion.
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15 Aug 19
The US Chamber of Commerce has urged Donald Trump not to retaliate against France for introducing a tax on internet giants like Google and Facebook, voicing concerns it could lead to a trade war with...
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25 Jul 19
The French president’s flagship efforts to reduce stubbornly high unemployment rates appear to be bearing fruit, according to the IMF.
4 Aug 20France’s home carers will each be given a ‘Covid-19 bonus’ in recognition of their work taking care of many of the nation’s elderly and people with disabilities.
28 Jul 20Problems with the publicly owned company managing the Eiffel Tower have led auditors to suggest the City of Paris could bring the monument back under direct control.
10 Jul 20France must look to spending cuts rather than tax increases to help cap public debt during its economic recovery from the pandemic, the country’s central bank head has said.
28 Feb 20European finance ministers are considering intervention in their economies to counter the impact of coronavirus outbreaks.
21 Jan 20France and the US “will work together” to avoid a trade war over the French decision to introduce a digital tax last summer, Emmanuel Macron has said.
13 Jan 20A compromise on pension reform hoped to bring about the end of more than a month of strikes in France has been submitted to trade unions by the country’s prime minister.
6 Dec 19France’s Court of Audit has given authorities in the country 11 recommendations to fight tax fraud.
5 Dec 19France is experiencing its biggest national strike in decades as angry workers demonstrate about proposed pension reforms.
3 Dec 19The US is likely to hit France with new tariffs on products including cheese and champagne to retaliate against the European country’s tax on ‘internet giants’, such as Google and Facebook.
7 Nov 19The French and Chinese leaders have reaffirmed their support for the Paris Agreement on climate change, calling it “an irreversible process”.
30 Aug 19France will spend the next month in a “dress rehearsal” for a no-deal Brexit, according to the country’s minister of public action and accounts Gérald Darmanin.
23 Aug 19Three years on from the Panama Papers data leak, France has signed an agreement with Panama to try to fight tax evasion.
25 Jul 19The French president’s flagship efforts to reduce stubbornly high unemployment rates appear to be bearing fruit, according to the IMF.
