France

Business

Parisians say 'non' to global brands on culturally important sites

Cash-strapped Paris city council is under attack for allowing global brands to peddle their wares at historic sites.

14/10/2024

Europe

Marine Le Pen to face judges in embezzlement trial

Le Pen and her National Rally party have denied any wrong-doing as they stand in a high-stakes trial over the suspected embezzlement of European Parliament funds.

14/10/2024

France

French teachers seek state protection after Paty and Bernard killings

Following the murders of Samuel Paty and Dominique Bernard, nationwide concerns over teacher safety in France have surged in recent years.

14/10/2024

Europe

France wants a new immigration law for 2025

The new measures, which could include extending detention and limiting regularisation for migrants, may spark further divisions in the French Parliament.

13/10/2024

Europe

Tribute ceremony held one-year on from French teacher's murder

The central square in the French town of Arras was transformed on Sunday to a showcase of art and culture to remember the memory of murdered secondary school teacher Dominique Bernard.

13/10/2024

Earth News

France plans to turns radioactive waste into forks and pans

Sweden and Germany already have novel ways of recycling materials once a nuclear plant has closed.

13/10/2024

Europe

Forgery lands former Australian rugby star in French jail

An international arrest warrant has been issued to Rocky Elsom, the former captain of the national Australian rugby team, due to forgery while helming a French rugby club.

12/10/2024

France

French minister Bruno Retailleau urges stricter EU migration policy

Rapidly implementing the European Pact on Asylum and Migration and revising the Returns Directive: France's Minister of the Interior, Bruno Retailleau, is announcing firm policies, even if it means moving closer to Europe's radical right.

11/10/2024

Health news

France to patients: Take weight loss drug Wegovy on your own dime

France is the latest European country to refuse to cover weight loss drugs through its national insurance programme.

11/10/2024

Economy

What do economists think of France's emergency debt crisis budget?

France's 2025 budget plan targets €60bn in spending cuts and tax hikes to reduce the deficit to 5% of GDP. However, economists remain sceptical, with some forecasting a higher deficit and lower growth, raising concerns about the sustainability of tax-driven consolidation.

11/10/2024

Economy

French government unveils unprecedented budget cuts for 2025

The draft budget plan will be under intense scrutiny by the EU Commission after Brussels formally warned France of its excessive budget deficit back in June.

10/10/2024

Europe

'Kirk' causes flooding and damage in France and Belgium

The worst of the low pressure system seems to have passed, but officials remain alert as further rainfall and high water levels remain.

10/10/2024

Europe

'Small explosion' stops train with MEPs in Strasbourg

The French authorities have reported that the incident was caused by a technical problem which is already being solved.

10/10/2024

Earth News

MEPs debate green tech cars as Chinese EVs challenge EU market

While ostensibly debating the challenge facing Europe’s car industry from more technologically advanced and cheaper Chinese competitors, MEPs spent several hours squabbling over the Green Deal policy to phase out petrol and diesel cars in Europe.

09/10/2024

Europe

Macron will host Ukraine's Zelenskyy after meeting Ukrainian soldiers

France first announced it would help train Ukrainian soldiers in October 2022, and plans to upgrade a whole battalion are now well underway.

09/10/2024

Europe

Truck drivers in Alsace protest against proposed new tax

The new tax comes at a cost of 15 cents per kilometre for heavy goods lorry drivers.

09/10/2024

Europe

New French government under PM Barnier survives no-confidence vote

No party or coalition secured an absolute majority in the French National Assembly in the snap election held over the summer.

08/10/2024

Travel News

Why are ski resorts being forced to close their lifts?

Residents of Grand Puy, France, voted to shutter the ski lift after a lack of snow and visitors made it unviable.

08/10/2024

Europe

Heavy rain causes flooding in Marseille

Residents of Marseille woke up to see vehicles trapped and roads submerged.

08/10/2024

France

Headscarf dispute in French high school renews debate on secularism

An 18-year-old student assaulted a teacher after being asked to remove her headscarf at a high school Tourcoing, in the latest incident involving France's ban on hijab.

08/10/2024

France

French government to survive no confidence vote with far-right backing

The Tuesday vote comes as Barnier's fragile government faces a major challenge to get next year's budget approved, despite not having a majority in parliament.

08/10/2024

France

France deports Osama Bin Laden's son from Normandy village

France's Interior Minister announced Omar bin Laden was deported over accusations of glorifying terrorism on social media, while bin Laden has claimed his innocence.

08/10/2024

Europe

Strasbourg court upholds bribery conviction against Romanian ex-MEP

Former Deputy Prime Minister Adrian Severin was convicted of trading in influence after a 2011 media sting led to allegations he’d accepted money to table amendments to EU banking laws.

08/10/2024

France

Deaths involving teen hitmen in Marseille spark public outrage

Marseille's public prosecutor stated that the situation in the city of some 860,000 has reached “a whole other level”, expressing his concern that drug-trafficking gangs were recruiting boys at an increasingly young age.

07/10/2024

Europe

88 francophone countries call for 'immediate' ceasefire in Lebanon

The demand comes in response to an Israeli ground operation into Lebanon, launched at the end of September to take out Hezbollah positions close to the Israeli border that has killed and displaced thousands.

06/10/2024

Earth News

France's largest lithium project is thrown into question by locals

France views the mine as crucial for both its ecological transition and national sovereignty.

05/10/2024