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2,171 people infected with monkeypox in France

A total of 2,171 people have been infected with monkeypox in France, health minister Francois Braun said. Braun told parliament France was one of the first countries to start offering…

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Notre-Dame on track to re-open in 2024

Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris is on track to reopen to worshippers and the public in 2024, Culture Minister Rima Abdul Malak said, more than three years after its roof was…

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French lawmakers back financing for inflation-relief package

PARIS, July 27 (Reuters) - President Emmanuel Macron's government secured parliamentary backing for the financing of a 20 billion euros ($20.30 billion)inflation relief package and tax breaks, to help households…

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Monkeypox cases in France top 1,700 – Minister

About 1700 people had been infected with monkeypox in France, Health Minister Francois Braun revealed. Braun said the government so far had opened about 100 vaccination centres for monkeypox and that…

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UPDATED: French lawmakers pass bill to help voters cope with soaring prices

The French government took a step forward on a key re-election promise to boost household purchasing power amid soaring inflation as the National Assembly passed a bill on Friday lifting…

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Macron decries anti-Semitism on 80th anniversary of Jewish deportations

PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron warned against anti-Semitism and historical revisionism on Sunday as he commemorated victims of the Holocaust on the 80th anniversary of the Vel d'Hiv…

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UPDATED: France, Spain, Portugal battle wildfires amid intense heat

LISBON, July 17 (Reuters) - Authorities across southern Europe battled on Sunday to control huge wildfires in countries including Spain, Greece and France, where thousands of people have been evacuated in soaring…

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Warming rivers threaten France’s already tight power supply

High water temperatures threaten to reduce France's already unusually low nuclear output, piling more pressure on operator EDF at a time when half its reactors are offline due to maintenance…

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Hundreds more evacuated from homes as wildfires spread in France

PARIS, July 15 (Reuters) - Hundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires continued to rage out of control in southwestern France, authorities said on Friday. More than…

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Photo Story: Bastille Day celebrations in Paris

Jets of the Patrouille de France fly over the Champs-Elysees avenue, during the Bastille Day parade in Paris, France, 14 July 2022. France is celebrating its national holiday with thousands…

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France to cut nitrites in food after agency confirms cancer risk

France said it intends to cut the use of nitrites in food after the national health agency confirmed they raise the risk of cancer, falling short of a full ban…

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Wildfires raging in southwestern France with 1,500 hectares burnt

PARIS, July 13 (Reuters) - Airborne firefighters and hundreds of emergency crew battled on Wednesday to bring under control wildfires in southwestern France, which have already burnt around 1,500 hectares…

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No appeal from Bataclan suspect, closing chapter on 2015 Paris attacks

Salah Abdeslam, the lone survivor of an Islamist militant squad that killed 130 people in attacks in Paris in 2015, has not appealed his life sentence or guilty verdict - closing…

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France’s Prime Minister survives no-confidence vote in parliament

French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne on Monday comfortably survived a motion of no-confidence brought against her by a broad alliance of left-wing opponents. An official vote count showed 146 lawmakers…

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French Finance Minister: I personally will not miss UK’s Boris Johnson

PARIS, July 8 (Reuters) - The resignation of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson demonstrates that populism and Brexit were not a good mix, said French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire, adding that…

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Paris airport workers call off strikes scheduled this week-end

PARIS, July 8 (Reuters) - Workers at France's main airport operator ADP said on Friday they would remove a strike notice for the week-end, as did the firefighters at Paris's international CDG airport…

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French PM says cost of living a priority

French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne said on Wednesday her minority government wanted to reform pensions, nationalise the main utility EDF and shield citizens from raging inflation, urging the opposition to…

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Social unrest over spiralling living costs spreads to France’s railways

PARIS, July 6 (Reuters) - Railway workers in France went on strike on Wednesday, disrupting travel across the rail network days before the summer holidays begin and at a time of unrest…

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French PM gives policy speech, opposition flexes its muscles

PARIS, July 6 (Reuters) - French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne will set out her minority government's priorities on Wednesday and spell out how she will try to navigate a new era of…

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‘Hang in there’, Macron tells ministers in minority government

PARIS, July 4 (Reuters) - President Emmanuel Macron on Monday urged his ministers to "hang in there", be ambitious and show a willingness to compromise after he carried out a limited reshuffle…

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UPDATED: Macron appoints COVID minister to be new face of government policy

PARIS, July 4 (Reuters) - President Emmanuel Macron on Monday turned to the health minister who steered France through COVID to sell the government's policies to a disgruntled electorate worried about a…

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French cabinet reshuffle possible early next week

PARIS, July 1 (Reuters) - An expected reshuffle of the French government after President Emmanuel Macron lost his absolute majority in parliament could take place next Monday or Tuesday, the…

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Airport worker strikes ground some flights in Paris

PARIS, July 1 (Reuters) - Airport workers went on strike at Paris' main international airport Roissy-Charles de Gaulle on Friday, forcing the cancellation of about 10% of flights and bringing more disruption…

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French inflation in June hit record high of 6.5% – preliminary figures

PARIS, June 30 (Reuters) - French inflation climbed further from the previous month to a record high of 6.5%, according to official preliminary figures on Thursday, adding further headwinds to the euro…

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France’s new wave of COVID infections expected to peak end-July -scientist

PARIS, June 30 (Reuters) - A new wave in France of COVID-19 infections fuelled by emerging variants of the disease should peak towards end-July, the French government's top scientific adviser Jean-Francois Delfraissy…

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Main suspect handed life sentence for 2015 Islamist attacks on Paris

A French court on Wednesday handed a life sentence to the lone survivor of the Islamist squad that killed 130 people in a night of carnage across Paris, bringing some…

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French Finance Minister: energy and transport firms must do more to ease inflation pain

PARIS, June 29 (Reuters) - French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said companies in the energy and transport sectors should do more to return a part of their profits to help customers…

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French parliament kicks off with first-ever female speaker

France's most fragmented parliament in decades sat for the first time on Tuesday, as President Emmanuel Macron faced the prospect of having to negotiate each reform with opposition parties who…

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France’s Macron: NATO must be united at this week’s summit in Madrid

SCHLOSS ELMAU, Germany, June 28 (Reuters) - The member states of the NATO defence alliance must send a message of unity when meeting for a summit in Madrid this week, French President…

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France asks citizens to wear masks again in public transport

French people should start wearing masks again in crowded areas, especially in public transport, as France has to deal with a new wave of COVID-19 infections fuelled by new variants of the…

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France’s Macron seeks to name new government in early July

French President Emmanuel Macron seeks to name a new government in early July, possibly including members from outside his political party, according to an interview with AFP. Macron has asked…

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French PM Borne backs enshrining abortion rights in constitution

PARIS, (Reuters) - French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne said she is backing a parliamentary bill to add abortion rights to the country's constitution. The move comes after the United States Supreme Court's…

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UPATED: French energy companies call for ‘immediately’ limiting energy use

PARIS, (Reuters) - The heads of France's big energy companies on Sunday urged individuals and businesses to limit power consumption immediately to prepare for a looming energy crisis. "We need to work…

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We can find a new majority, France’s Macron says after losing control of parliament

All party leaders in the French parliament agree on the need to avoid political gridlock and must now learn to compromise, President Emmanuel Macron said in a televised address on Wednesday. In…

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French parties brush off Macron appeal to unblock parliament

French parties from left and right brushed off President Emmanuel Macron's appeal for help to overcome a hung parliament on Thursday, demanding he clarify what compromises he was ready to make…

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France is facing a new COVID-19 wave – French vaccination chief

PARIS, June 22 (Reuters) - France is facing a new wave of COVID-19 infections fuelled by new variants of the disease, French vaccination chief Alain Fischer said on Wednesday, as daily new…

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Macron allies divided over far-right role in new parliament

PARIS, June 22 (Reuters) - Divisions emerged among Emmanuel Macron's allies on whether his centrist alliance should rule out any deal at all with far-right MPs or could work with them on…

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ECB’s Villeroy: France should escape recession this year, inflation still too high

PARIS, June 22 (Reuters) - France should escape recession this year and still have positive economic growth, said Bank of France governor and European Central Bank (ECB) member Francois Villeroy de Galhau.…

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French minister calls British plans to ditch parts of NI protocol “worrying”

France's Europe minister Clement Beaune said on Tuesday the United Kingdom should respect its Brexit agreement with the European Union and described as worrying initiatives by London to ditch parts of the…

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France’s Macron invites political parties to discuss hung parliament

French President Emmanuel Macron will invite all political parties able to form a group in the new parliament for talks on Tuesday and Wednesday after his camp lost its absolute…

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Heatwave hit to France’s cereal crops should be limited -agriculture minister

PARIS, June 20 (Reuters) - The impact of a heatwave on cereal crops in France, the European Union's biggest grain producer, should be limited and was not a cause for alarm, the…

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SCENARIOS Macron’s hung parliament dilemma: what to do next?

French President Emmanuel Macron and his allies on Sunday lost their absolute majority in the National Assembly and with it control of the reform agenda, a crushing outcome for the…

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Macron fights to salvage a functioning government, and his reform agenda

PARIS, June 20 (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron faced the prospect on Monday of having to seek support from parliamentary rivals in order to salvage his economic reform agenda, after voters…

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Far-right sends shockwaves in France after electoral breakthrough

PARIS (Reuters) - France's far-right scored a historic success in legislative elections on Sunday increasing its number of lawmakers almost tenfold and cementing the party's rise from fringe status to the mainstream…

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UPDATED: French National Assembly dissolution not on agenda for now – government spokesperson

PARIS, June 20 (Reuters) - The dissolution of the National Assembly lower house of parliament is "not a topic for now", French government spokesperson Olivia Gregoire told France Inter radio on Monday,…

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UPDATE – France votes, with Macron facing tough battle for control of parliament

PARIS, June 19 (Reuters) - Voting was underway in France on Sunday in a parliamentary election that could deprive newly re-elected centrist President Emmanuel Macron of the absolute majority he needs to…

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Macron rival Mélenchon says if elected will grant Julian Assange French nationality

Jean-Luc Mélenchon, the French Leftist politician leading an alliance set to make major gains in the parliamentary elections, pledged to grant WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange French nationality if his coalition…

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France mourns the death of screen icon Jean-Louis Trintignant

French actor Jean-Louis Trintignant, whose career was launched at the same time as Brigitte Bardot with the 1956 film "And God Created Woman" died Friday at the age of 91,…

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Bordeaux region bans outdoor events as heat wave hits France

PARIS, June 17 (Reuters) - The Gironde department around Bordeaux banned outdoor public events and those at indoor venues without air conditioning, a local official told public radio on Friday,…

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France fights forest fire as early heatwave spreads

PARIS, June 15 (Reuters) - More than 100 firefighters were deployed on Wednesday to tackle a forest fire in southern France, as forecasters said one of the earliest heatwaves in decades was…

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Macron toughens tone on Russia before possible Ukraine visit

CONSTANTA, Romania, June 15 (Reuters) - President Emmanuel Macron voiced a tougher line on Russia on Wednesday after visiting French and allied troops at a NATO base in Romania, seeking…

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SCENARIOS-What awaits Macron? Ruling majority, hung parliament, or cohabitation

PARIS, June 13 (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron may find himself without a ruling majority during his second term and deprived of the ability to push through his economic reform agenda…

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Sanofi says its COVID-19 booster shot has potential against main variants

PARIS, June 13 (Reuters) - French drugmaker Sanofi said on Monday an upgraded version of the COVID-19 vaccine candidate it is developing with GSK showed potential in two trials to protect against…

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UPDATED: Macron fights to save his parliamentary majority and reform agenda

PARIS, June 13 (Reuters) - President Emmanuel Macron could lose his outright majority in France's parliament and the ability to push through his economic reform agenda with a free hand after a…

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France to face early heat wave from Wednesday – state forecaster

PARIS (Reuters) - An early heat wave is expected to hit France this week, the state forecaster Meteo France said on Sunday, with temperatures reaching up to 38 Celsius (100…

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France in no mood to make concessions to Russia, presidency says

PARIS, June 11 (Reuters) - France is unwilling to make concessions to Russia and wants Ukraine to win the war against Moscow's invading forces with its territorial integrity restored, a French presidential…

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Facing tough vote, France’s Macron dangles anti-inflation sweeteners

PARIS, June 10 (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron is banking on a new package of inflation-busting sweeteners for voters to secure a majority in legislative elections this month being fought over…

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