Bruno Le Maire

Eurozone nations were confident Thursday that they could agree on the final elements of a plan to get Greece out of its eight-year bailout program and make its massive debt burden manageable.

Most French companies hoping to continue doing business in Iran after the U.S. imposes new sanctions on the country will find it impossible to do so, Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on June 19.

Eurozone finance ministers need to come up with a "strong" and "solid" mechanism for Greece's debt and an agreement is likely to be achieved in June, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Thursday, as he arrived for the Eurogroup meeting in Brussels.

"We are in a good path towards an agreement, towards a strong settlement on Greek debt in June," he told journalists.

The stability of the eurozone will be at stake if a populist new government in Italy fails to keep its financial commitments, French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire warned on May 20.

Germany and France on Saturday pledged to deliver a joint proposal to reform the eurozone in time for a leaders summit in June, despite their big differences on the future of the bloc, The Local reports.

French President Emmanuel Macron promised 1.5 billion euros ($1.85 billion) of public funding into artificial intelligence by 2022 in a bid to reverse a brain drain and catch up with the dominant U.S. and Chinese tech giants, reported Reuters. 

France will take legal action against Google and Apple for “abusive business practices,” Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on March 14 as transatlantic ties threaten to be riven by a trade war.

Eurozone finance ministers should decide on Monday to disburse the fourth tranche of aid to Greece, France's Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said.

Joining the chorus of regulators calling for a crackdown on cryptocurrencies, the French and German finance ministers said digital tokens "could pose substantial risks for investors" and potentially long-term financial stability.

The finance ministers and central bank governors of France and Germany called for the policy and monetary implications of crypto-currencies to be placed on the agenda of the upcoming G20 meeting of the largest advanced and developing economies.