Budget
Macron targets welfare cuts as growth falters
French President Emmanuel Macron's government will tackle social spending in the next wave of its reforms as weaker than expected growth puts pressure on the budget deficit, the…
Business Daily
EU budget proposal ruffles members' feathers
The EU has unveiled its first post-Brexit budget - and is asking everyone to chip in more. Iain Begg, from the London School of Economics, gives us his take on the spending…
French deficit below 3 percent of GDP for first time in decade
France's public deficit shrank to a better-than-expected 2.6 percent of gross domestic product in 2017, the first time it has fallen below the European Union's three percent…
In The French Papers
Hand over the dough: French baker fined €3,000 for working too much
IN THE FRENCH PAPERS - Wednesday, March 14: The left-leaning papers defend French rail operator SNCF as the French government plans an overhaul of the state-run company. We also…
Trump unveils plan to rebuild US infrastructure
President Donald Trump on Monday unveiled an ambitious proposal to renew American infrastructure as part of a budget that calls for a stunning rise in debt and trillions in cuts…
US Congress votes to end brief government shutdown
The US House of Representatives joined the Senate early on Friday morning in approving a bill to end an overnight federal shutdown, sparing Republicans further embarrassment and…
US govt shuts down for second time in three weeks
The US Senate approved a budget deal including a stopgap government funding bill early on Friday, but it was too late to prevent a federal shutdown that was already underway in…
Talking Europe
Corina Cretu: Binding Europe together with ring roads, museums and much more
Our guest is a European Commissioner who’s got a lot of money at her fingertips – around one third of the entire EU budget, in fact.For the current budget period, that means €350…
Business Daily
US government avoids shutdown with temporary funding bill
A US startup is getting closer to bringing back supersonic passenger air travel. Also on the show: The US Congress delays a possible government shutdown with a stopgap funding…
Teachers to strike at 500 overseas French schools
France's biggest secondary teachers' union has called for strikes on Monday at 500 French schools in foreign countries in protest at planned cuts to budgets and staffing.
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Hammond teases UK budget with homebuilding, driverless cars
UK Finance Minister Philip Hammond is about to unveil a new budget and says the UK will have a fresh proposal for its Brexit "divorce bill" ahead of an EU Council meeting in…
Guess who's back, back again... François Hollande
IN THE FRENCH PAPERS - Thursday, August 24: François Hollande has left political hibernation and makes his grand return to politics according to Le Figaro, but not everyone's…