Angry protests over a plan to raise France’s retirement age pile uncertainty on small businesses, but most are siding with the demonstrators.

A measure to raise the retirement age to 64 from 62 is expected to expose more people to age discrimination: “Companies in France won’t hire...

Legalization of undocumented workers and pared-down unemployment benefits are part of the government’s plan to fill hundreds of thousands of jobs.

As temperatures drop amid an energy crisis, governments say power blackouts may be necessary to conserve electricity.

“Risks remain tilted to the downside,” the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said, predicting economies will grow only 2.2 percent next year.

Prices in October rose at the fastest rate in more than 40 years, deepening the country’s cost-of-living crisis.

France’s state-backed nuclear operator is scrambling to overcome a monthslong crisis to get as many reactors as possible restarted before winter sets in.

The elevated costs of flour, nuts, eggs and even electricity are forcing bakers to increase their prices and cut their production.

The shipment of natural gas, through a reopened pipeline connection, is part of a deal that calls for Germany to supply electricity to France.