The European Union has told France its plan for slower deficit reduction next year is still within the bloc’s rules, handing Francois Bayrou ’s government a reprieve in its battle to repair creaking public finances.

The fledgling Paris government is “trying their best” to get a budget through parliament after a previous version sunk its predecessor.

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot says the European Union (EU) will stand firm in its alliance in the face of repeated comments from President-elect Trump about the U.S. acquiring Greenland

The French foreign minister said the bloc must become stronger after US President-elect Donald Trump threatened to take control of Greenland. View on euronews

BRUSSELS ― The European Commission has endorsed the new French government's updated spending plan in a boost to Prime Minister François Bayrou, two diplomats told POLITICO.

PARIS (Reuters) - The European Commission must use its existing legislation in a much tougher manner, France's Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said, referring to Elon Musk.

The European Union will not let other nations attack its sovereign borders, France's foreign minister said on Wednesday, responding to comments by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on taking over Greenland.

France warned President-elect Donald Trump to back off from threats to the European Union’s “sovereign borders” Wednesday, a day after he declined to rule out using military force to take Greenland. “There is no question of the EU letting other nations in the world—whoever they might be—attack its sovereign borders,

There's a tropical South American territory that's fully part of France and the EU, but it is 5,000 miles from France.

The Spanish prime minister has announced plans for a new tax on second-home property purchases in the country by non-resident, non-EU citizens, which may reach up to 100% of the home’s value in some cases. It is part of a wide ranging reform to combat a mounting housing shortage in the country.

Despite an all-time low in the number of births noted in the French National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies annual report published on Tuesday, the total fertility rate stands at 1.62 children per woman,

These imports are disrupting global markets and undercutting EU producers, Bloomberg reported. France, Germany, and the Netherlands suggest stricter EU rules for verifying biofuel production ...