France to miss EU budget deficit target

France has admitted it will overshoot the EU's 3% budget deficit target this year, putting the eurozone's second-biggest economy on a collision course with Brussels.

French economy 'still looking weak'

France's unemployment rate is stubbornly high, just below 11%, and economic growth is persistently weak.

France on track to meet 0.8 percent growth target: minister

PARIS (Reuters) - French Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici on Sunday said the government believed it could reach its 2013 economic growth target of 0.8 percent.

France to raise VAT to fund company tax breaks

The French government has said it will raise value added tax and cut public spending in order to fund tax credits for firms that keep jobs in France.

French economy shows zero growth in Q2: INSEE

PARIS: The French economy managed zero growth in the second quarter of 2012, data showed Tuesday, beating expectations it would begin a slide into recession.