The French government’s contested plan to rein in the budget deficit goes in the right direction to tackle deep problems in public finances, the chief of the central bank said.

French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou wants to scrap two public holidays to put France's finances back on track. It's a brave ...

Prime Minister François Bayrou has angered MPs with a bid to cut two public holidays to rescue the country's finances.

The proposal is among a raft of spending cuts laid out by Prime Minister Francois Bayrou in a sweeping, and potentially ...

The measure most likely to rankle the French was a proposal to scrap two national holidays: Easter Monday and May 8, which ...

Prime Minister Francois Bayrou said Tuesday he wanted to reduce the number of public holidays in France as part of a bid to tackle what he called the "curse" of his country's debt.