"I wish being optimistic about France didn't require so much hope that maybe things will go right," Paul Krugman said in a new assessment.

France’s unprecedented wave of student protests has laid bare the country’s growing financial pressures, which will only ...

The French government desperately needs a return to strong growth if it is to contain its rapidly rising debts.

France is able to slash its huge budget deficit troubling investors across the globe, according to the head of the country's central bank.

PARIS — France’s public debt has climbed to a record during the two terms of President Emmanuel Macron, unsettling investors and emerging as a defining issue ahead of next year’s presidential election ...

Let's look at how the French economy and politics evolved under Nicolas Sarkozy, Franois Hollande and Emmanuel Macron.

France's government has cut its forecast for economic growth in 2026 from 0.7% to 0.5%, as weak activity in the first half of the year weighs on the outlook. Economy Minister Roland Lescure announced ...

France's Economy Minister Roland Lescure denied on Tuesday that the country was trapped in a debt "snowball", as he pressed ...

Amid protests, 85% of French adults say their economy is bad, a higher share than in any of 17 other high-income countries ...

French bond investors are demanding sharply higher interest rates, a cautionary development for other high-debt countries.

PARIS, July 30 (Reuters) - The French economy grew by 0.2% in the second ‌quarter from the first, official data showed ‌on Thursday, helped by a recovery in household spending and exports. France's ...

PARIS, Sept 11 (Reuters) - French central bank chief Emmanuel Moulin said on Friday that France was not in catastrophic ‌economic danger but the government must act to reduce the country's public ...