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France Proposes Cutting Two Public Holidays to Avert Budget Crisis
The measure most likely to rankle the French was a proposal to scrap two national holidays: Easter Monday and May 8, which commemorates the end of the Second World War in Europe and is often used as a “bridge” by the French to take a four-day weekend in the middle of spring.
Prime Minister François Bayrou’s plans to revive France’s finances include an inflammatory proposal to scrap two public ...
The EU’s top court ruled Wednesday that the daughters of late far-right French politician Jean-Marie Le Pen must repay nearly ...
Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally is eyeing the 2027 elections. But the party is wary of the fallout for France from ...
The last thing far-right leader Marine Le Pen needed was another legal fire to break out for her Rassemblement National party ...
Expedited conclusion of the appeals process would provide early clarity on the shape of France’s 2027 presidential election.
French police have raided the headquarters of the far-right Rassemblement National in an investigation into campaign funding, ...
Marine Le Pen’s National Rally (RN) headquarters was raided by police on Wednesday over alleged campaign finance violations ...
The probe started in 2024, after an audit by France’s watchdog on political funding raised red flags about RN's financial flows. Prosecutors are looking into whether illegal private loans, inflated or ...
Prime Minister François Bayrou has angered MPs with a bid to cut two public holidays to rescue the country's finances.
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