France’s Le Maire urges TotalEnergies to maintain cap on fuel prices
PARIS (Reuters) – French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said he wanted French oil giant TotalEnergies to maintain a cap on fuel prices beyond Dec. 31, adding his priority was to accelerate…
France’s Le Maire sticks to 2023 economic growth forecast for now
PARIS (Reuters) – French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Tuesday he was sticking for now with the government’s forecast of 1% economic growth for 2023. “I confirm the growth forecast…
France’s Le Maire wants to break food price inflation “spiral” by autumn
PARIS (Reuters) – Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Wednesday that he would meet with retailers and suppliers next week to discuss ways to break the food price inflation “spiral” by…
French inflation will be high in coming months before easing in mid-2023 -Le Maire
PARIS (Reuters) – France will have high inflation levels in the next few months, particularly regarding food items, before it will then likely ease in mid-2023, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire…
France has definitively dropped EDF’s “Hercules” restructuring plan – Le Maire
PARIS (Reuters) -France has definitively shelved plans for a restructuring of the state-controlled nuclear power group EDF, code-named Hercules, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Friday. “Hercules has been dropped…
France’s Le Maire starts talks on green subsidies for EU products under IRA law
PARIS (Reuters) -French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Monday he has started talks with his counterparts to see if EU-made “green products” sold in the United States would benefit from…
France’s Le Maire: We went too far in use of consulting firms
PARIS (Reuters) – The French government made excessive use of consultancy firms in the past and is now striving to correct that, Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Sunday. Emmanuel Macron’s…
France’s Le Maire: Europe must defend its economic interests against U.S. subsidy package
PARIS (Reuters) – France may try to negotiate some exemptions from the duties and limits imposed by the U.S. anti-inflation act but Europe must act to protect the bloc’s economic interests, Finance…
Europe needs robust response to U.S. inflation reduction act – Le Maire
PARIS (Reuters) – Europe needs to provide a robust response to the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said at a joint news conference with his German…
Europe needs robust response to U.S. inflation reduction act – Le Maire
PARIS (Reuters) – Europe needs to provide a robust response to the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said at a joint news conference with his German…
France’s top priority is ending inflation, Le Maire tells Yellen at G20
NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) – French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Monday that Europe and France were paying a heavy price for Russia’s actions in Ukraine through higher energy prices…
France’s Le Maire: time to define a strong common EU strategy
LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) – French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Monday it was time European countries defined a strong common economic strategy to face the consequences of the inflation, fuelled by…
France is not falling into recession, Le Maire says
PARIS (Reuters) – French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Wednesday that the economy was not facing recession after the government lowered its economic outlook for 2023. Le Maire also told…
France’s Le Maire: “We are in the middle of an inflation peak”
PARIS – French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Wednesday that the euro zone was “in the middle of an inflation peak” which would last until the end of the year…
French Finance Minister Le Maire: we want to isolate Russia financially
PARIS – French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Friday that the European Union wanted to isolate Russia financially, as he spoke alongside his German counterpart Christian Lindner at a European…
Russia sanctions would only have limited impact on French economy -Le Maire
PARIS – French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Wednesday that the sanctions imposed by the Western countries on Russia for ordering troops into separatist regions of eastern Ukraine would have…
France’s Le Maire: reiterates forecast of 4% GDP French growth in 2022
PARIS – French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire told France Info radio on Monday that he was sticking to his forecast of French economic growth of 4% in 2022, despite the rapid…
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