French PM may scrap two public holidays to reduce country’s crippling debt

<p>François Bayrou says Easter Monday and VE Day could become normal workdays as critics call plan ‘a direct attack on France’</p><p>France’s prime minister, François Bayrou, has proposed scrapping two public holidays as part of radical measures aimed at reducing the country’s ballooning deficit, boosting its economy and preventing it being “crushed” by debt.</p><p>Outlining the 2026 budget on Tuesday, Bayrou suggested Easter Monday and 8 May, when France commemorates Victory Day, marking the end of the second world war, although he said he was open to other options.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/15/france-public-holidays-easter-ve-budget-economy-debt">Continue reading...</a>