France’s government confirmed it expects the budget deficit to rise to 6.1% of economic output in 2024 as it canceled some ...

Brewers are struggling to swallow proposals to increase taxes on alcoholic and sweetened drinks under France's latest budget, ...

of spending cuts and tax increases — a magnitude of effort rarely undertaken in France. And that’s just a first step in the task of getting the budget gap within the EU’s 3% limit by 2029.