France and China aim to win developing markets: Fabius

France and China are interested in expanding their cooperation to win markets in Africa or Asia, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said today as he confirmed Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's upcoming visit to Paris.

EU won't sanction France, Italy on budget yet

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union head office is opting not to sanction two of its biggest economies just yet for missing public finance targets and instead will give France and Italy until the spring to come up with better plans to cut their debts and deficits.

Eurozone survey rise does not ease recession fears

LONDON (AP) - A stronger than anticipated economic survey Thursday failed to inspire much optimism that the recovery in the 18-country eurozone and of France in particular would be anything but muted.

France's Hollande says to speed up reforms, ease tax on poorest

(Reuters) - French President Francois Hollande said on Wednesday he would accelerate reforms while at the same time giving tax breaks to poorer households as he tries to win back confidence from voters who do not trust he can lift the country out of stagnation.

Germany says trusts France will stick to EU stability pact

(Reuters) - The German government is confident France will respect the terms of the European Union's Stability and Growth Pact even after Paris indicated it would seek to renegotiate its deficit-reduction deadline with the European Commission, a government spokesman said on Friday.

'Don't hollow out financial transactions tax', says EU tax chief

(Reuters) - The European Union's top tax official has called on member countries not to dilute proposals for a financial transactions tax in the euro zone, suggesting the bloc could instead implement the plan more gradually.

French government predicts rosy future in 2025

PARIS: Full employment, plenty of cheap housing, a new Industrial Revolution and Police 3.0. Those are the French government's predictions for the year 2025.

Unemployment rate rises in eurozone, eases in US: OECD

PARIS: A total of 48.5 million people were unemployed in advanced countries in April, an increase of 200,000 from the March level, the OECD said on Tuesday.

France Leads Europe in Growing Disillusionment With EU

France’s frustration with Europe has soared as French attitudes diverge from German public opinion, a Pew Research Center report shows.

ECB could take haircut on Greek bonds in 'last chance' plan

European policymakers are working on "last chance" options to bring Greece's debts down and keep it in the eurozone, with the ECB and national central banks looking at taking significant losses on the value of their bond holdings, officials said.

France fights to avoid euro zone bank contagion

PARIS: Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Spain, Italy - France?

France seeks eurozone stability package

(Financial Times) -- France is pressing the EU to adopt a financial stability package to stem the eurozone crisis, believing negative market reaction to the €100bn bailout of Spain's banks shows the need for more comprehensive action.

European financial crisis: A growing gap between France and Germany

ROME — Even as Europe’s debt crisis sharply escalates, the region’s two largest economies, Germany and France, appear increasingly divided over how and whether to deploy large-scale financial firepower to calm nervous markets.