PARIS (AP) — France’s new prime minister François Bayrou announced Tuesday the renegotiation of a contested plan raising the retirement age from 62 to 64, in a crucial move to seek more stability for ...

France’s lower house of parliament has narrowly approved a key health care budget bill, offering the minority government some relief from political turmoil.

Aging populations tend to result in younger generations who are financially less well off and who, in turn, have fewer children. Birth rates then decline even further. In his first parliamentary ...

France has one of the world's most generous pension systems with the average pensioner receiving the equivalent of about $1,900 a month. Five prime ministers in just two years have been ousted or ...