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Air France denies it plans '5,000 extra job cuts'

Air France has denied reports that it has plans to cut a further 5,000 jobs on top of the nearly 3,000 posts it has confirmed will go. The satirical

07/10/2015

France

Migrant Crisis Live: Calais news conference by French ministers and senior EU officials

Migrant Crisis Live: Calais news conference by French Prime Minister Manuel Valls, French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve and senior EU officials.

31/08/2015

France

French farmers block Lyon despite €600mn aid plan proposal

French farmers blockade Lyon, despite the government's offer of a 600-million euro, 24-step aid plan, which would include tax exemptions.

23/07/2015

France

Platini defends French PM's decision to use state jet to travel to UEFA final

UEFA President Michel Platini has supported French prime minister Manuel Valls’ decision to use a government plane to travel to Berlin with his

10/06/2015

France

French PM says he is against migrant quotas

The French prime minister has visited the Rivera town of Menton where record numbers of migrants have been travelling from Africa through Italy and

16/05/2015

France

France regional elections: exit polls put Sarkozy's UMP in lead

Exit polls following the first round of regional elections in France suggest President Nicolas Sarkozy’s UMP Party will come out in the lead. The

22/03/2015

France

France PM Valls survives no-confidence vote, vows to pursue economic reforms

The French government has survived a no-confidence motion in the lower house of parliament, triggered by its use of decree to bypass opposition to an

19/02/2015

France

France: govt survives no-confidence vote called over controversial economy bill

France’s Socialist government has survived a no-confidence vote in parliament. The vote was called after Prime Minister Manuel Valls resorted to

19/02/2015

France

French economic reform bill opposed by rebel Socialist lawmakers

French Prime Minister Manuel Valls defied critics from left and right on Tuesday by declaring he would ram a flagship economic reform bill through

17/02/2015

France

'Social divisions were there in the past' admits French PM on announcement of new anti-terror tactics

Multi-million euro anti-extremism package announced by France but is it enough to deal with longer term social divisions?

22/01/2015

France

'Ethnic apartheid' exists in France, says PM Manuel Valls

The French prime minister has said the country’s recent terrorist attacks have exposed a “geographic, social, ethnic apartheid” present in society

20/01/2015

France

French comedian Dieudonné to stand trial over Charlie Hebdo Facebook comments

Controversial French comedian Dieudonné M’bala M’bala is to stand trial after posting a comment on his Facebook page that appeared to support Amedy

14/01/2015

France

Valls downplays extremist link in France attacks

One of the victims of Monday evening’s attack in the western city of Nantes has died in hospital. At least nine others were injured when a van

23/12/2014

World News

[As it happened] Newsday: French PM resigns - Ebola latest - Libya

25/08/2014