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Macron and Merkel back EU bond to raise €500bn for Europe's recovery

Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has already indicated that his position and that of several member states collectively known as the Frugal Four "remains unchanged", signalling that the proposal will face strong resistance.

United Kingdom

How one Brit sneaked into France for a lockdown haircut

A far shave? Our British reporter tests the limits of coronavirus travel checks – and explores the fringe benefits of France's open salons.

France

French schools return amid apprehension over pandemic

“If they are able to keep their children at home, because there is at least one parent who is not working or has not yet resumed work, they prefer to keep them," says parent association secretary general.

France

French MP behind online hate speech law accused of 'racist' comments

She has denied the allegations and said she would file a defamation claim.

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Children have lessons in woods as parents protest school not reopening

They didn't lack the necessary equipment either: there were whiteboards, tables and even hand sanitiser.

World

Differing approaches in UK and France despite COVID co-operation vow

Near neighbours the UK and France diverge over lockdown despite a joint statement on close co-operation over COVID-19.

World

French MP tells Euronews there is 'no doubt' COVID-19 rates to rise

Bruno Bonnell, from Emmanuel Macron’s ruling La République En Marche, said it was a case of trying to 'find a balance'

France

France approves new health measures as it prepares to ease lockdown

Measures include collecting health data "without consent", if necessary, as well as regulations involving criminal charges and quarantine.

World News

France, Spain and UK prepare to ease lockdowns starting Monday

Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez joined other leaders in warning that the spread of the virus could ramp up again and new restrictions could be re-imposed.

France

France school closures to be 'catastrophic for an entire generation'

When it comes to education, will the COVID-19 pandemic prove to be an incubator for inequalities? Euronews went to a French suburb to try and get some answers.

France

Paris will be under stricter controls when France's lockdown is lifted

COVID-19 is still circulating in Paris and lockdown will be eased at a slower pace in the French capital

France

'Untenable and unrealistic': French plan to reopen schools criticised

Some French schools will reopen from May 11 in a decision that many mayors in the Paris region have criticised.

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COVID-19 could have been present in France as early as December

A hospital team in France retrospectively tested a sample from someone hospitalised in December, and it came back positive for COVID-19.

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Macron visits French school before lockdown is eased from May 11

French President Emmanuel Macron, wearing a face mask, visited a school as the country prepares to ease its COVID-19 lockdown next week.

France

Caregivers provide key lifeline to elderly and disabled amid pandemic

In France, workers providing essential care to elderly and disabled people throughout the coronavirus pandemic have been battling a shortage of personal protective equipment. Euronews spent a day with one of them.

France

French care home staff lock down with residents to see out COVID-19

A care home on the outskirts of Lyon where staff and residents locked down together have had their quarantine lifted after 47 days.

France

Staying out of school amid coronavirus crisis a 'time bomb': French PM

France clarifies how easing of restrictions will work May 11

Algeria

Singer Idir, an 'icon of Algeria' and Kabyle identity, dead at 70

Idir, whose real name is Hamid Cheriet, was taken to hospital on Friday but died a day later from pulmonary disease

France

Availability of masks in French supermarkets sparks suspicions

"I give supermarkets three days to prove that they did not have a secret stock of masks during the crisis!" says one senior government official.

World News

Drive-in confession in France during Covid-19 lockdown

One church in southwestern France is keeping up the sacrament of confession by introducing a drive-in version in its car park during the coronavirus lockdown

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