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Credit ratings agency Moody's on Friday maintained France's rating, but revised its outlook to "negative" from "stable", citing increased risks from political fragmentation that could hamper the ...

French MPs on Thursday voted to change the legal definition of rape to include any non-consensual sexual act, bringing France in line with other European nations that have introduced consent-based ...

France can’t afford to fixate on short-term fiscal challenges and must find credible solutions for reducing its deficit, according to the country’s central-bank chief. While Prime Minister Sebastien ...

PARIS (Reuters) -French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu aims to put an over 30-billion-euro squeeze on the budget next year to get the fiscal deficit down to 4.7% of economic output, La Tribune ...

Outgoing French prime minister Sébastien Lecornu at his office in Paris, on October 8, 2025. CYRIL BITTON/DIVERGENCE FOR LE MONDE So much for all the fiscal discipline that had been promised in recent ...

One of Canada’s major lenders says Prime Minister Mark Carney will push the country’s deficit to about three per cent of its gross domestic product as his government pursues major projects and tries ...

France’s over $176 billion budget deficit may signal trillions of euros of newly printed money, potentially leading to more capital flowing into Bitcoin, according to Arthur Hayes. The ballooning ...

The budget recorded a smaller-than-expected deficit of about $10 billion last financial year despite a sharp rise in spending, which official forecasts show will soon push the federal government’s ...

The numbers: The nation’s trade deficit in goods sank 17% in August to a two-year low, extending a run of big ups and downs as businesses try to time imports and exports in order to pay the least ...

PARIS, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu has said that the government is aiming for a public deficit of about 4.7 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2026, while ...

No Zucman tax on the super-rich, nor any suspension of the contested 2023 pension reform. Some had imagined that, in order to pass the 2026 budget, France's new prime minister would make one or two ...