Germany, France Urge Recalculation of EU Asylum-Seeker Quotas

Germany and France called for the recalculation of proposed quotas for dispersing political refugees across Europe, in a tussle over sharing the burden of coping with migrants from the Middle East and northern Africa.

France vows 20 million euros for fight against Ebola

PARIS: France on Tuesday said it was pledging 20 million euros ($25.4 million) in the fight against Ebola in west Africa, including the opening of several care centres in Guinea.

OECD sees French reforms boosting GDP growth 0.3 percent points per year

(Reuters) - The OECD prodded France on Friday to step up the pace of its reforms, though it estimated that those already in the pipeline would gradually deliver tangible economic growth gains.

PM Valls urges Europe to respect France, and its budget

(Reuters) - French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said on Saturday that it is up to France to decide on its budget and that Paris should be treated with respect by its European partners.

Hollande Falls Into Line as Merkel Fends Off EU Spending

German Chancellor Angela Merkel sidestepped French President Francois Hollande’s call to use stimulus measures to counter Europe’s faltering recovery, saying investments need to be carefully considered.

France produces 'no austerity' budget, defying EU rules

PARIS: France intensified a showdown with its European Union partners Wednesday by unveiling a "no austerity" budget that aims to bring its deficit within European guidelines two years later than previously promised.

France dodges rating downgrade - for now

(Reuters) - Moody's spared France a fresh downgrade of its debt rating on Friday even though Paris has overrun its deficit targets, warning the outlook was negative in light of difficulties pushing through reforms.

Euro zone ministers upset by broken French budget promises

MILAN, Sept 12 (Reuters) - France faced harsh criticism on Friday for failing to meet a deadline to put its finances in order, as frustrated euro zone ministers struggled to keep alive their post-crisis strategy for the bloc's stagnating economy.

France's jobless total rises sharply in July

The number of people looking for work in France rose 0.8% in July to a new record of 3,424,400. The sharp rise confirms a longer term trend with the number of jobless rising 4.3% over the last year.

French economy minister blames the EU for the lack of growth, seeks new economic strategy

PARIS – France's economy minister is blaming European authorities for the lack of growth in France and Europe, and says it's time for a new economic policy that shuns austerity measures.

France's odd couple push Europe to re-think growth

PARIS (Reuters) - One is a balding, bespectacled safe-pair-of-hands known for his negotiating skills; the other a firebrand orator of the French left who made his name riling big business, Brussels and Berlin.

Race for top EU jobs turns murkier before elections

PARIS (Reuters) - The race for the European Union's top leadership jobs has turned murkier with news that Finland's prime minister is stepping down to seek a European role while France is touting its former finance minister as its nominee for a European Commission post.

Eurozone: record German trade surplus, huge French deficit

Germany, Europe's biggest economy, notched up a trade surplus of 198.9 billion euros ($270 billion) in 2013, the highest since foreign trade data have been compiled.

France jobless rise despite President Francois Hollande's vow to buck trend

PARIS: France's number of registered jobseekers rose by 17,800 in November to 3.29 million, the labour ministry said Thursday, challenging government claims to have bucked a trend of spiralling unemployment.

France May Slip Back Into Recession

FRANKFURT — Hopes that the euro zone could be emerging from years of torpor suffered another setback on Thursday when an indicator of economic activity in the region slipped unexpectedly and suggested that France could be sliding back into recession.

EU to hold France, Germany to account in push for growth

Brussels (AFP) - The EU will this week test a new system to ensure states toe economic rules when it decides whether to challenge eurozone giants Germany and France, over their growth and deficit policies.

France's Hollande says economic recovery has begun

PARIS: President Francois Hollande said on Sunday that recovery had started in France's struggling economy, which entered arecession this year and has record-high unemployment.

Germany, France split over EU banks plan

(Reuters) - Germany and France were split on Friday over European Union plans for a new agency to wind down troubled banks, with Berlin saying they go too far in centralizing control in Brussels.

French central bank sees flat economy in first quarter

PARIS: France will barely dodge recession in the first quarter of the year, with the weak economy hurting the government's efforts to rein in the budget deficit, data showed on Friday.

French finance minister - "Worrying" Italy vote shows Europe needs growth

PARIS (Reuters) - Italy's inconclusive election shows Europe's leaders must give voters across the region hope of stronger growth to offset painful austerity, French Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici said on Tuesday.