Public holidays are referred to as national holidays in France and are also called fêtes or jours fériés. They are very important to the French as they firmly believe in a good life-work balance and ...

PARIS — The French government proposed cutting two public holidays per year to boost economic growth as part of a budget plan that it billed as a “moment of truth” to avoid a financial crisis. But in ...

Prime Minister François Bayrou has put the cat among the pigeons in promising to cut two of France's national holidays in order to rescue the country's finances. Predictably enough, his proposal on ...

Creamy brie smeared on a crusty baguette, crisp local wines sipped in a sun-dappled square and Alpine wildflower meadows to roam – our love affair with French holidays shows no signs of fading. A ...

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 — 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 ...

FRANCE is to scrap two bank holidays to help its economy - but risks intense public scrutiny for doing so. Despite the move being perceived as drastic by the French, the leisure-loving nation still ...