The French government, which missed a deadline this week to set a blueprint to lower its debt and deficit, is struggling to meet fiscal requirements set by the E.U.

A recent finance ministry spending audit identified possible savings worth more than 12 billion euros on subsidies and tax breaks for companies, medical equipment, long-term illne

French Prime Minister Michel Barnier issued a warning over the country’s public finances as disagreements between rival parties on tax and spending further complicate his task of forming a government.

By Ségolène Le Stradic and Catherine Porter Reporting from Paris Since the very beginning, the trial in the southern city of Avignon has riveted, and stunned, France. Dozens of men stand accused of raping a drugged woman. The man accused of masterminding ...

French prosecutors are trying to prosecute around 50 men for their involvement in the mass rape trial of Dominique Pélicot. His wife says she was abused for years, having been drugged by her husband.

Dominique Pelicot, 71, is accused of drugging his wife Gisèle to sleep and recruiting dozens of men to abuse her.