The EU’s recovery fund will finance 40% of the ambitious French programme

Planet Business: Unedifying chapters all round

Principle of mutualised debt, not the amount, is thing ‘that mattered’ for France

French president seeks political advice from a man dogged by scandals

French president may be struggling domestically but is on a roll on the European stage

Governments will need to start thinking about who will pay for their ballooning deficits

Macron reshuffled team to drive unity while fragmenting opposition in run to 2022

Analysis: The State is one of the chief opponents to pan-European digital taxation

Move paves the way for a summer of transatlantic tension, heated negotiations

Minister is ‘very much liked’ in Brussels but availability for post will depend on new government

Finance minister Bruno Le Maire has warned that the toughest days lie ahead

Majority of primary schools to reopen and wider travel permitted from Monday

Mechanism would provide back-to-back loans for short-time working schemes

Measure would come on top of other multi-billion rescue packages

Row over face masks exposes threat to EU principles of free trade and collaboration

Paris Letter: The French are finding relevance in books about epidemics and confinement

French finance minister will discuss the plan with EU competition commissioner Vestager

‘I don’t want to name that country, but everybody knows which country I’m thinking of’

Martin Shanahan identifies slowing growth and a digital tax as challenges

Trump targets France over ‘discriminatory’ digital tax