The Paris-based issuer raised €2.5bn by selling a 2.875% May 2030 bond. It priced at 7bp over OATs, 5bp tighter than guidance. The bond tightened further in secondary by 2bp-3bp, according to a lead ...

Prime Minister François Bayrou sparked outrage from the opposition, and indignation from his allies, when he referred to a ...

The no-confidence vote in Michel Barnier that has toppled his minority government was the first since 1962 to oust a French prime minister of the Fifth Republic. 331 MPs from the left and far-right ...

The French economy is expected to face significant challenges in 2025 due to ongoing political instability, more restrictive ...

Swaying through moral crises and social revolutions, Jeffrey M Pilcher’s Hopped Up explains how beer took over the world ...

If Bayrou were to lose Socialist support, he would find himself in a similar position to predecessor Michel Barnier: reliant on the grace of the far-right National Rally (RN), which could pull its ...

The resignation of his top diplomatic adviser, has left Emmanuel Macron in a “mess”, an insider has revealed in a damning verdict. Emmanuel Bonne has announced his resignation, adding to the ...

Creating a roundup of the 25 best-selling books of all time is harder than it sounds. Books—especially those published hundreds of years ago—were published in different editions and translated ...

A new government headed by conservative Michel Barnier stumbled along for three months with the Rally’s tacit support, but in December Marine Le Pen withdrew that support and joined the left in ...

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€10bn less than the mix of tax rises and cuts put forward by former prime minister Michel Barnier before his government was ousted in a no-confidence vote in December. “It will essentially ...