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France: Who will be the future president of the National Assembly?

On Thursday, the newly elected 577 MPs in France's National Assembly will elect the president of the lower house of parliament. This vote could be decisive in nominating the country's future prime minister.

17/07/2024

Europe News

New European Parliament debates Orbán and EU support for Ukraine

Watch the European Parliament's first plenary session in Strasbourg live.

17/07/2024

France

Paris mayor takes dip in Seine to prove it's clean enough for Olympics

The French capital's main waterway will be at the centre of the 2024 games' opening ceremony, and authorities have been working hard to purge it of pollution.

17/07/2024

France

France brings in its army to up security ahead of Paris Olympics 

The capital has begun bringing in thousands of soldiers who will make sure the event runs smoothly.

17/07/2024

Food and Drink

'Sugar is life': Behind the scenes at Paris' oldest patisserie

Founded over 300 years ago by Nicolas Stohrer, former pastry chef to Louis XV, the patisserie remains a celebrated institution on rue Montorgueil.

17/07/2024

France

French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal officially resigns from role

French President Emmanuel Macron has officially accepted the resignation of his Prime minister Gabriel Attal.

16/07/2024

Business

TotalEnergies to partner with SSE on new British EV charging company

French oil giant TotalEnergies has announced that it is partnering with SSE, a UK-based power company in order to launch an electric vehicle (EV) charging company called Source, which will operate in Britain and Ireland.

16/07/2024

Culture news

K-pop stars and athletes: Who carried the Olympic torch through Paris?

Before the Games can officially begin, it's tradition for athletes, celebrities and community leaders to carry the torch across the country to its final destination. Who were the torchbearers for the final leg of the Paris 2024 Olympics journey?

16/07/2024

Europe News

Who will chair which committee in the European Parliament?

Now that the political groups in the European Parliament have chosen the policy areas they are most interested in leading, the national parties are putting forward some names to coordinate the committees.

16/07/2024

Green News

Paris spent €1.4 billion trying to clean up the Seine: Has it worked?

Anne Hidalgo took a dip in the long-polluted Seine River to show that Paris' river is clean and safe.

16/07/2024

Europe News

Brothers of Italy face cordon sanitaire test at European Parliament

Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni will find out today if her party's lawmakers are barred from securing high-level posts in the European Parliament by pro-EU political groups.

16/07/2024

Europe News

France:Will the left-wing coalition finally agree on a Prime Minister?

The left-wing alliance New Popular Front (NFP), which had promised to reach an agreement "before the end of last week", is now displaying its deep divisions and inability to find a compromise.

15/07/2024

Europe News

Want to learn about the French wine industry? Now you can

Les Caves du Louvre in Paris was once a wine cellar supplying royalty.

15/07/2024

France

The Olympic torch lights up France's Bastille Day military parade

Paris celebrates Bastille day - France's national day - with its annual military parade, and this year it has the Olympic flame to highlight it.

14/07/2024

France

French sports minister takes symbolic dive into river Seine

Amelie Oudea Castera was hoping to show that the river is clean enough for swimming events to take place during the Paris 2024 Olympics.

13/07/2024

Green News

French news channel fined for broadcasting climate scepticism

CNews has come under fire in the past for biassed reporting - but this is the first time it’s fallen foul over climate misinformation.

12/07/2024

Food and Drink

The Big Cheese: French eating habits are shifting

The average French person buys 12.5 kilos of cheese a year, but the traditional French way of eating it is starting to change.

12/07/2024

Culture news

Paris welcomes biggest Japanese pop culture festival in Europe

This year, Japan Expo will welcome 900 exhibitors including a booth promoting Osaka 2025 World Expo, which will be held in 2025.

11/07/2024

Green News

French farmers face losses amid heavy and frequent rainfall

Persistent rainfall in France is reducing soft wheat production, resulting in a high decrease in the overall harvest and substantial losses for individual farmers.

11/07/2024

France

France cuts construction work hours due to heatwaves

France is reducing construction workers' hours due to heatwaves, sometimes sending them home with full pay. High temperatures now justify short-time work and employers must meet specific obligations.

11/07/2024

Europe News

French elections: Record number of far-right MPs arrive to Parliament

After a surprising defeat in the second round of the French legislative elections on Sunday, the National Rally party led by Marine Le Pen remains a major force in the National Assembly.

10/07/2024

Tech News

French elections: Tech sector relieved but nervous over future

The victory of a left-wing coalition in France has been met with relief by France’s tech sector - but concerns remain.

10/07/2024

Food and Drink

France sees change in cheese-eating habits

From rich Roquefort blue to creamy Camembert, the average French person buys 12.5 kilos of cheese a year, but ways of eating it are changing.

10/07/2024

Culture news

Final curtain falls at legendary Paris cabaret club Chez Michou

Death of flamboyant owner Michel Catty spelled the end for the Montmartre institution that’s entertained audiences from across the world for more than half-a-century.

10/07/2024

Economy

Moody's sounds the alarm over France's post-election debt outlook

A hung parliament could jeopardise the country's ability to reduce its debt burden, warns the ratings agency.

10/07/2024

Europe News

Bruni-Sarkozy charged with witness tampering in husband's Libya case

Carla Bruni-Sarkozy is charged with witness tampering in her husband Nicolas Sarkozy's campaign finance scandal involving Gaddafi's funds. She’s released on bail with contact restrictions, excluding her husband. She provided clarifications during interrogation.

10/07/2024