France adopts 2026 budget after two no-confidence votes fail
New budget includes a $7.6m military spending increase and aims to cut the deficit to 5 percent by end of 2026.

New budget includes a $7.6m military spending increase and aims to cut the deficit to 5 percent by end of 2026.

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke optimistically about revising the plan to end its war with Russia.

France and Ukraine have signed a declaration of intent for Kyiv to acquire up to 100 Rafale fighter jets.
Officials, families and supporters gather across Paris to remember victims killed in deadly November 2015 assaults.
Cecile Kohler, 41, and her partner, Jacques Paris, 72, had been jailed on charges of spying for France and Israel.
The two motions were tabled by the far-right National Rally and far-left France Unbowed parties.
The new government, led by Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu, must present a 2026 draft budget on Monday.

French President Emmanuel Macron urged full support for the US plan to end the Gaza war.
The announcement came after last-ditch talks by outgoing premier Sebastien Lecornu failed to find a solution to crisis.
Opposition parties are calling on embattled President Macron to resign before his term ends in 2027.