France is a major industrial power, the world’s seventh-largest economy. So why are its government finances in such a mess?

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Some signatories of a joint appeal by French and German business bosses to loosen merger rules and scrap environmental laws ...

The meeting comes as France’s latest political crisis eased — for now — when Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu survived two consecutive no-confidence votes on Thursday, averting another government coll ...

French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu survived two votes of no-confidence Thursday that could have toppled his fragile new ...

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France’s latest political crisis eased — for now — when Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu survived two consecutive ...