France’s prime minister proposed on Tuesday the elimination of two public holidays from the country’s annual calendar — possibly Easter Monday and the day marking the Allied victory over the Nazis — ...

PARIS (Reuters) -French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou wants to scrap two public holidays to put France's finances back on track. It's a brave move: The last French leader to try something similar ...

France's prime minister has sparked fierce debate by proposing the abolition of two national holidays, aiming to tackle soaring debt with a plan that could topple his own government, the BBC reports.

PARIS, July 15 (Reuters) - French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou proposed scrapping two public holidays and freezing most public spending as part of a 43.8 billion euro ($50.88 billion) budget squeeze ...

France will keep its public holidays. The new prime minister, Sébastien Lecornu, announced on Saturday that he will scrap proposals from his predecessor to eliminate two public holidays as part of a ...

PARIS—If French Prime Minister François Bayrou loses his job in a confidence vote Monday, it will be due in no small part to his willingness to fiddle with a cornerstone of Gallic life: public ...

PARIS, Aug 10 (Reuters) - Negotiations over scrapping two French national holidays will need to be concluded by September 30 at the latest, Prime Minister Francois Bayrou has said, according to a ...

French PM's Plan to Scrap Two Holidays Stirs Outcry, and Memories of a Toppled Predecessor By Gabriel Stargardter and Elizabeth Pineau PARIS (Reuters) -French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou wants to ...

French Government Sets Sept 30 Deadline for Talks on Scrapping Two Holidays, Les Echos Reports PARIS (Reuters) -Negotiations over scrapping two French national holidays will need to be concluded by ...

PARIS — French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou wants to scrap two public holidays to put France’s finances back on track. It’s a brave move: The last French leader to try something similar soon found ...