The French government fell on September 8, facing a 5.8% of GDP budget deficit it can neither fund nor reduce, plunging the Fifth Republic into yet another crisis at a critical time for Europe.

The French government, which missed a deadline this week to show how it would cut its debt and deficit, is struggling to meet fiscal requirements set by the E.U. By Liz Alderman Reporting from Paris ...

French President Emmanuel Macron's long-awaited appointment of Michel Barnier as prime minister marked the end of a period of political uncertainty in France following the inconclusive snap election ...

US President Donald Trump, shown here with France’s Emmanuel Macron in Egypt in October 2025, voiced his suspicions of the French in a new Fox News interview ...