French Prime Minister François Bayrou has floated the idea of holding a referendum on France's 2026 budget to slash the country's ailing public deficit. Bayrou said in an interview with the ...

French Prime Minister François Bayrou has raised the possibility of holding a national referendum on a comprehensive plan to reduce France’s debt and bring the public deficit below 3 percent of ...

and then a referendum. He acknowledged that France doesn't do enough to be in line with its climate-related commitments aimed at curbing global warming. France is missing its national targets that ...

The authors revised the measure to add language stating that a change in the financing of France’s pension system is needed. The process, established in 2015, has never yet led to a referendum.

Photo: AFP Many are now openly asking the question of whether the shock EU referendum in the UK can be ignored. France has recent history of doing something similar. The shock result of last week ...

But the second round will essentially be a referendum on Sarkozy and his promises of a "rupture" with France's highly ideological politics and the heavy state management of an economy that is in ...

told France Info radio. Praising the lawmakers, he said: "For once they did what they are paid for, to listen to, and carry the voice of the people in French institutions." A referendum can be ...

Le Pen said on France 2 television the referendum would propose strict criteria for entering French territory and for acquiring French nationality, as well as giving French citizens priority ...

France's new interior minister, Bruno Retailleau, is pushing for a referendum on immigration, despite constitutional restrictions. He claims immigration has greatly influenced French society and ...

and then a referendum. He acknowledged that France doesn't do enough to be in line with its climate-related commitments aimed at curbing global warming. France is missing its national targets that ...

The potential move follows the passing of France's tumultuous 2025 budget in February, which aims to reduce the public deficit to 5.4% of GDP this year. French Prime Minister François Bayrou has ...