Ania Nussbaum

France’s Constitutional Council rejected a second attempt to hold a referendum on President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to raise the retirement age to 64, as opponents are running out of options to overturn the unpopular pension reform.

The hardline CGT union, which has been among the forces driving months-long protests against Emmanuel Macron’s plans for pensions reform, agreed to meet with his prime minister.

The European Union must unite around a stronger stance toward China as it tries to cope with Beijing’s rising power, several of the bloc’s foreign ministers said.

France’s tax authority is seeking €2.5 billion ($2.7 billion) in back taxes from French banks over their roles in a dividend arbitrage strategy known as “Cum-Cum,” according to Budget Minister Gabriel Attal.

France’s tax authority is seeking €2.5 billion ($2.7 billion) in back taxes from French banks over their roles in a dividend arbitrage strategy known as “Cum-Cum,” according to Budget Minister Gabriel Attal.

The French government is in talks with the European Commission to avoid reimbursing some €5.3 billion ($5.7 billion) of state aid received by the country’s rail freight operator.

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen said no foreign power has ever tried to influence her as she sought to shake off accusations that her party’s ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban have influenced her policies.

The US and European allies urged caution on whether Ukraine should have the right to strike inside Russia, amid concerns that a potential escalation could drag them into a broader war.

Emmanuel Macron said Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has reawakened the North Atlantic Treaty Organization almost four years after the French president branded the military alliance brain dead.

(Bloomberg) -- Emmanuel Macron said Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has reawakened the North Atlantic Treaty Organization almost four years after the French president branded the military alliance brain dead.“In December 2019, I had harsh words for NATO, underlining at the time the divisions that existed at its heart between Turkey and several other powers by speaking of brain death,” Macron said in a speech at the GLOBSEC summit in Bratislava on Wednesday. “I could say today that Vladimir Putin ha