France’s government will push lawmakers to approve emergency legislation to keep the state running into January after they failed to agree on a 2026 budget, a stopgap measure to avert a shutdown as pressure mounts from investors and ratings agencies.

That’s why God made the French – the country was too perfect.” As someone who loves the French just as much as I love this country, I only agreed with the first part of his self-deprecating statement: France does have everything.

PARIS -- France’s fractured parliament is debating an emergency bill Tuesday designed to prevent a U.S.-style government shutdown next week, after negotiations on a 2026 budget collapsed.

The French government on Tuesday postponed a ban on plastic throwaway cups by four years to 2030 because of difficulties finding alternatives. The ban was meant to start on January 1. But the ministry for ecological transition said that results from a recent review into the "

As it is in so many places, Christmas in France is all about family, friends, and food. While it’s generally a low-key affair marked by gatherings of relatives and treats for children, it also has the culinary high point of the year: Le Réveillon de Noël (Christmas Eve dinner).

French President Emmanuel Macron has announced plans to build a new aircraft carrier. The vessel will have the capacity for 30 fighter jets and 2,000 sailors.

French lawmakers passed a special law on Tuesday to avoid a shutdown until a budget is adopted. Negotiations will resume in January.

The ban covers cosmetics and ski wax, as well as clothing, except certain “essential” industrial textiles. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

In Britain and America, public life now runs on a simple moral equation: say the wrong thing often enough and you will be erased. France has never fully accepted this logic – and Brigitte Bardot is the proof.

Power problems and a stuck train have interrupted rail traffic through the Channel Tunnel connecting the U.K. to continental Europe.