Why France’s prime minister wants to scrap two public holidays - France’s prime minister has proposed cutting two public ...

The measure most likely to rankle the French was a proposal to scrap two national holidays: Easter Monday and May 8, which ...

French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou proposed scrapping two public holidays and freezing most public spending as part of a ...

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's Prime Minister Francois Bayrou said Tuesday he wanted to reduce the number of public holidays as part of an urgent plan to tackle what he called the "curse" of ...