For decades, the French have enjoyed an enviable retirement. Many leave the workforce relatively young, at age 62, and ...

I’m ensconced in the midst of middle age, with two almost grown-up children who can operate without parental interference, no ...

TDF has been present in French Polynesia since the 1980s, when television was first deployed on the archipelago. The Papeete ...

Prime Minister François Bayrou submitted his resignation Tuesday after losing a crushing confidence vote in parliament. The third toppling of a head of government in 14 months leaves President ...

The fact that two French prime ministers faced no-confidence votes within nine months over budget proposals aimed at reducing national debt goes beyond a mere political crisis, exposing structural ...

Speaking at the Labour conference, she says there is "nothing progressive" about the government using £1 in every £10 it has ...

A massive interprofessional mobilization is taking place in Paris and the Ile-de-France region this Thursday, September 18, ...

France is set to lose its third premier in 12 months. Pressure is now mounting on President Emmanuel Macron to pick a new prime minister after Francois Bayrou's resignation.

The strain is exposing core institutions of the Fifth Republic. Bayrou reopened the long-standing intermittent debate on electoral reform, proposing to replace the two‑round majoritarian system with ...

Our community is split on government plans for a compulsory digital ‘Brit card’. While some warned it would erode civil ...

In the British political satire Yes Minister, Sir Humphrey often derailed reforms by creating “interdepartmental committees"—mechanisms to foster ‘creative inertia’ and ‘plausible denial.’ The newly ...