Sebastien Lecornu will address parliament for the first time as France’s prime minister on Tuesday, a make-or-break moment for his fledgling government in its effort to pass a budget and restore a degree of political stability.

France, to borrow the words of Alain Duhamel, the veteran political observer, “has gone beyond a political crisis”.

The French government's 2026 budget plans are based on rosy economic assumptions and its belt-tightening measures may fall short or never even take shape, the independent fiscal watchdog said on Tuesday.

France’s newly re-appointed Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu acknowledged that he might be able to stay in his job long given the country's deep political divides.

While France has a long history of hefty overspending, economists say political turmoil – which has stalled policymaking – is bringing the country’s debt problem to a head.

French advertising firm Publicis on Monday raised its full-year organic growth forecast for the second time, highlighting artificial intelligence products as its main growth driver.

The head of French referees, inspired by Winston Churchill, has waged a war against feeding at the scrum, with hopes the clampdown in France’s top two leagues will become a template for global reform.

France miss out on a chance to reach the 2026 World Cup with two qualifying matches to spare as the two-time after draw in Iceland.

KLM's French division has suspended flights between Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport and Madagascar's capital, Antananarivo, from October 11 to October 13 inclusive "due to the security situation" on the ground,

On October 9, NATO's Maritime Command published photographs of what is said to be a French navy frigate observing a Russian submarine operating on the surface off the coast of Brittany.