Bruno Le Maire
Rivals unite against Le Pen’s far right for French election
Hundreds of candidates from Macron’s camp and the left-wing alliance withdraw in an effort to keep the National Rally out.
France’s Le Pen, Macron and Mélenchon dealing with very different election hangovers
The dirty little secret no politician will admit: There is no way to ‘go for growth’
Paris was on the cusp of becoming the EU’s finance hub. Then came the election.
France be warned: You could become Italy
Macron joins Brazil’s Lula to tax billionaires — but is it all it’s made out to be?
I could work with a far-right French government: Slovenian finance minister
Scorched-earth summer: Biden, Sunak and Macron go negative
Struggling leaders in America, Britain and France are bombarding their political opponents, some of whom are testing the bounds of the mainstream.
France’s next government will have to tussle with EU’s spending police
Macron’s snap election looks likely to herald a fight between Paris and Brussels as the country is one of seven placed in Excessive Deficit Procedure.
France risks IMF, Commission oversight if Macron loses, finance minister warns
Bruno Le Maire raises the specter of financial disaster for France if President Emmanuel Macron’s opponents win this month’s snap election.
Europe gives China a taste of its own trade medicine
Europe is using the threat of tariffs to press Chinese electric car makers to set up in the EU and share know-how.
France is ‘going to the dogs,’ Macron’s inner circle despairs
In their hour of greatest need for a liberal successor to the country’s president, France’s centrists are in panicky disarray.
Draghi backs French-style trade, industrial policy
Higher trade barriers, more subsidies, and bigger European companies, are all part of the solution.
French far right backpedals on big-ticket proposals as markets tumble
French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire has raised alarm that France could face a financial crisis if the far right were to win in the legislative elections.
Macron’s wager puts France’s economy in peril
The rise of the far right is sending tremors through financial markets and could push French debt deeper into the danger zone.
A $50B US-EU deal for Ukraine is in sight
G7 nations are coalescing around a plan to use frozen Russian assets to secure an enormous loan.
The front-runners for the next European Commission
Even before the European election, maneuvering is underway for top jobs in Brussels.
France gets a reprieve on credit rating, but doubts persist on fiscal outlook
Moody’s and Fitch keep assessments unchanged, but are cautious on French government’s ability to meet deficit targets.
Macron, Le Maire feud flares up amid France’s fiscal woes
The French president is agitated by his finance minister’s calls for drastic spending cuts ahead of the European election, where his centrists are likely to face a drubbing.
France talks tough on Ukraine while gobbling up more Russian gas
France has paid Russia over €600 million this year for liquefied natural gas, new data shows. That’s an EU-leading rise from last year.
Too French to fail: Why Paris is rescuing Atos
French government steps in to save troubled IT company at the heart of this year’s Summer Olympics.
Will American AI kill European culture?
EU is building chatbots to save its languages.
Paris to everyone: Buy French solar panels, forget all competitors
Bruno Le Maire’s urgings may run afoul of EU rules.
Macron bets on investments and fraternité to charm Lula in first visit to Brazil
The French president hopes to put aside differences with Brazil on trade and the war in Ukraine.
Boeing crisis: ‘Stupid’ French minister talks ‘rubbish’ like Donald Trump, says Ryanair chief
In an exclusive interview, Michael O’Leary lambasted Bruno Le Maire over “silly and ill-advised” remarks about preferring to fly in an Airbus.
Boeing crisis: Why is everybody freaking out?
Multiple recent safety issues buffet the massive American airplane manufacturer.
Macron gives France’s highest honor to world’s richest man in presence of Beyoncé, Elon Musk
A-list cast attended glittering ceremony for LVMH billionaire Bernard Arnault.
EU backs Kristalina Georgieva for second IMF term
Former EU commissioner’s interest in the role would put pay to the hopes of other Europeans getting the job.
France could ease trader layoffs to attract more finance companies
Since Brexit, France has ramped up efforts to make Paris more appealing as a financial hub.
European farmers say they’re being screwed by Big Food. Is a price floor the answer?
Minimum prices would address farmers’ concerns that they are being short-changed by buyers. But it would be a recipe for overproduction.
France means business with Mistral-Microsoft deal
While much of the EU balked at the companies’ big AI partnership, Paris sees its strategy working.