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I have never betrayed the French, says Sarkozy amid Libya funding prob

France's former president Nicolas Sarkozy has appeared on prime time French television after being put under formal investigation over claims he received campaign funding from late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.

22/03/2018

France

French public sector sets collision course with Macron with strikes

Protesters are challenging the French president's economic reform plans

22/03/2018

France

Sarkozy says he's "living in hell"

Prosecutors are looking into allegations that Sarkozy's 2007 election campaign was aided by millions of euros in money from late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi

22/03/2018

France

Still standing out: Europe's enclaves and their complex histories

Euronews takes you on a tour of some of the continent's most-fascinating enclaves.

21/03/2018

France

French report raises spectre of imminent "silent spring"

Report reveals flying insect population crash due to pesticides, resulting in a third of the bird population disappearing from lack of food, with some less common species suffering 90% declines.

21/03/2018

France

French feminist groups sceptical over on-the-spot fines for sexual har

Are on-the-spot fines for sexual harassment in the street a good idea? The French government plans a new law but some feminist groups believe it might be unenforceable and counterproductive.

21/03/2018

France

France's rolling railway strikes: The 'cheminot' status explained

37 days of rolling strikes by workers for French railway operator SNCF is set to cause much misery for passengers across the country till the end of June. But what are their demands? We explain the 'cheminot' status and why it is so important to rail workers.

21/03/2018

France

Gaddafi’s son offers evidence that Libya funded Sarkozy election bid

Saif al-Islam, son of Libya’s ex-dictator Muammar Gaddafi, welcomes Nicolas Sarkozy’s detention – and offers evidence for claims first made to Euronews that Libya funded the former French president’s 2007 election bid.

21/03/2018

France

Sarkozy questioned a second day over allegations of Libyan funding

The former president has dismissed the Libya allegations of receiving money from the dictatorial regime of Kahdafi, as 'grotesque' and a 'crude manipulation'

21/03/2018

France

Not-so-sacre beurre as burger topples ham sandwich as France's fave fa

The burger has overtaken the national staple in France, le jambon beurre, or ham sandwich to you and me, as the most popular to go order, and some are unhappy. Some of them may be dentists.

20/03/2018

France

Sarkozy funding scandal: what does it all mean?

Euronews explains what the Libyan case, how it all started, the biggest players in the case, and what could happen next for the former French president.

20/03/2018

France

Police question Sarkozy over alleged Libyan campaign financing

French police are questionning former French President, Nicolas Sarkozy, over alleged Libyan contributions to his 2007 presidential campaign.

20/03/2018

France

Hungry OGC Nice football fans protest as match rescheduled to lunchtim

OGC Nice football fans demonstrated the true importance of food to the French by holding up a banner in protest at a match that was rescheduled to take place during lunchtime.

19/03/2018

France

Gerard Depardieu among expatriates voting in Russian election

Hundreds of thousands of Russian overseas voters, including the French actor, are expected to cast ballots on Sunday

18/03/2018

France

German Chancellor stops short of blaming Russia for spy poisoning

But French president Macron had strong words for Russia over the assassination attempt, while meeting Merkel on Friday.

16/03/2018

Destinations

On Hannibal's trail in the Alps

More than 2000 years after the Romans' most famous adversary crossed the Alps, there are elephants once more above the snow line. But this time the invasion is led by an Anglo-French couple.

16/03/2018

France

French baker's pain after being fined for working too much

A baker from a small village southwest of Paris is being fined €3,000 for opening seven days a week throughout summer 2017.

15/03/2018

France

France agrees with UK that Russia to blame for spy nerve agent attack

After saying earlier that it needed proof of Russia’s involvement, President Macron’s office says there is “no other plausible explanation” and stands by its British ally.

15/03/2018

France

ESA's rocket scientists express their respect for Stephen Hawking

"He has given us all homework problems"

14/03/2018

No Comment

French climber Alain Robert scales skyscraper in Paris business

Robert escalated another skyscraper in the Paris business district of La Defense on Wednesday. It is his first climb since he broke his wrist in July last year.

14/03/2018

Cult

Live performance: The Gift takes the stage at Euronews

The Portuguese alternative-pop quartet pop into Euronews' 'Green cube' HQ in Lyon.

14/03/2018

France

France to sue Google and Apple for 'unfair business practices'

French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire says it's "unacceptable" that Google and Apple unilaterally impose prices and other contractual terms on software developers, and that this is hurting France's startups.

14/03/2018

Cinema

Brexit is squeezing the UK presence at 'Cartoon movie'

Only one British film was shown at Cartoon Movie this year.

13/03/2018

France

London metro bans French adverts attracting British companies after Br

London’s public transport service has banned an advertising campaign geared towards luring British companies to France after Brexit.

13/03/2018

France

What we know about the Russian nerve agent used in spy attack

The following is a summary of an interview given by Dr Michelle Carlin, senior lecturer in forensic and analytical chemistry at Northumbria University.

12/03/2018

France

FN name-change harks back to Nazi past say French critics

The French far-right is trying to change its name, but observers note a clumsy similarity between the proposed new moniker and a WWII fascist group that allied with the Nazis during the occupation.

12/03/2018