French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe has vowed to bring the country's budget deficit under the European Union limit of 3% this year in his first major speech on the government's economic and social priorities.

Four relatives of a man killed after ramming his car into a police convoy in Paris's Champs-Elysees are in custody.

France's government has resigned in a symbolic move after President Emmanuel Macron's centrist party won a majority in parliamentary elections.

French voters have given President Emmanuel Macron's party a solid victory in the parliamentary election.