22

Feb

France eyes ‘unprecedented’ water curbs after driest winter since 1959

By Marine Strauss PARIS, Feb 22 (Reuters) - France is preparing to introduce restrictions on water use in parts of the country from March, in an unprecedented move for the…

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22

Feb

Schoolteacher stabbed to death by pupil in southwest France

PARIS, Feb 22 (Reuters) - A teacher has been stabbed to death by a pupil at a high-school in the town of Saint-Jean-de-Luz, in southwest France, government officials said on…

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20

Feb

French Finance Minister: will meet French retailers this week over food inflation

By Dominique Vidalon PARIS, Feb 20 (Reuters) - French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Monday he will meet retailers this week to find ways to help shoppers cope…

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19

Feb

Bird flu alarm drives world towards once-shunned vaccines

Severe bird flu kills millions of fowl worldwide EU on track to allow bird flu vaccinations Mexico, Ecuador recently launched vaccination campaigns U.S. government reluctant due to fears of trade…

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19

Feb

Macron – France wants Russia’s defeat, but not to ‘crush’ it

PARIS, Feb 18 (Reuters) - France wants Russia to be defeated in Ukraine but it does not want to "crush" it, President Emmanuel Macron told paper Le Journal du Dimanche.…

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18

Feb

French pension change debate moves to Senate as tense parliament session ends

PARIS, Feb 18 (Reuters) - The French government's plans to raise the retirement age to 64 from 62, which has led to widespread protests, moved on to the Senate after a tense…

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15

Feb

French agency orders halt in some uses of Syngenta weedkiller

PARIS, Feb 15 (Reuters) - French health and safety agency ANSES on Wednesday ordered a halt to some uses of one of the most widely used weedkillers in France, S-metolachlor,…

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15

Feb

Photo Story: 150th Nice Carnival

A float entitled 'King of the World's Treasures' passes by a crowd during the 150th annual Carnival of Nice, in Nice, France, on the evening of Tuesday 14 February 2023.…

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13

Feb

Opposition groups rally in France, in solidarity with protesters in Iran

Thousands of opponents of Iran's ruling authorities rallied for a second day in Paris on Sunday (February 12) to pressure European Union states to list Iran's Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) as a…

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11

Feb

Protests across France to test government resolve over pension reform

By John Irish PARIS, Feb 11 (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of people were expected to take part in demonstrations across France on Saturday as protesters seek to keep up…

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07

Feb

Third wave of strikes over pension reform keeps pressure on Macron

Trade unions launched a third wave of nationwide strikes on Tuesday against President Emmanuel Macron's plans to make the French work longer before retirement, as the legislation started its bumpy…

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05

Feb

French PM offers to ease pension overhaul for conservatives’ backing

PARIS, Feb 5 (Reuters) - French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne offered on Sunday to soften a planned pension overhaul to let some people who started work early also retire early…

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04

Feb

Cost of living crisis tests striking French workers

Workers are trying to block overhaul of pension system More strikes planned after Tuesday's stoppages Higher living costs increase pain for striking workers Unions seeking ways to limit strike impact…

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03

Feb

Fashion designer Paco Rabanne dead at 88

PARIS, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Paco Rabanne, the Spanish-born designer best known for his metallic ensembles and space age designs of the 1960s, has died at the age of 88…

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03

Feb

Man detained on French high-speed TGV after attack threat

By Marine Strauss and Alain Acco BRUSSELS, Feb 3 (Reuters) - A man was arrested after threatening to commit an attack while travelling on a high-speed TGV train in eastern…

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01

Feb

French labour minister says raising pensions age is ‘non-negotiable’ despite mass protests

PARIS, Feb 1 (Reuters) - French Labour Minister Oliver Dussopt said on Wednesday that raising the retirement age to 64 was "non-negotiable", a day after more than a million people…

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31

Jan

Huge crowds march across France, raising pressure against Macron’s pension reform

PARIS (Reuters) - Huge crowds marched across France on Tuesday to say "Non" to President Emmanuel Macron's plan to make people work longer before retirement, with pressure in the streets…

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31

Jan

France’s nationwide strike hits power production, fuel deliveries

A nationwide strike in France against pension reform led to a drop in electricity output and stopped deliveries from TotalEnergies sites on Tuesday. French power supply has been reduced by…

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30

Jan

Strikes over pensions to disrupt public transport in France on Tuesday

PARIS, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Labour union strikes in France over the government's planned pensions overhaul will cause heavy disruption to public transport on Tuesday, the transport minister and several public transport…

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28

Jan

France extends mandatory COVID tests for Chinese travellers until Feb 15

PARIS, Jan 28 (Reuters) - France has extended mandatory COVID tests for travellers from China until Feb. 15, a government decree published on Saturday showed.  While Chinese officials have said infections have…

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22

Jan

Scholz and Macron celebrate 60 years of Elysee Treaty

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz met with his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, in Paris on Sunday to mark 60 years since the signing of the Elysee Treaty. Speaking at the Sorbonne…

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20

Jan

France’s Macron proposes big hike in military spending for 2024-2030

By Michel Rose and Clotaire Achi Mont-de-Marsan, FRANCE, Jan 20 (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron proposed on Friday boosting military spending by over a quarter in coming years, saying…

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19

Jan

UPDATED: French strike nationwide to say ‘non’ to Macron’s pension reform

Government wants to raise retirement age by two years to 64 Railways, schools and refineries among those hit by strike Macron's reformist credentials at stake in dispute Polls show widespread…

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18

Jan

French union threatens to cut electricity to MPs, billionaires amid nationwide strike

PARIS, Jan 18 (Reuters) - France's hardline CGT union has threatened to cut off electricity supplies to lawmakers and billionaires before a nationwide strike on Thursday, in an increasingly acrimonious…

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16

Jan

75,000 customers without electricity due to storm, French power supplier says

PARIS, Jan 16 (Reuters) - 75,000 customers of French energy supplier Enedis, a EDF unit, were without electricity on Monday morning as a storm is raging through the western parts…

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16

Jan

Paris to decide fate of the e-scooters in a referendum

Parisians will be asked to decide the fate of the French capital’s controversial electric rental scooters via a referendum. City authorities are considering banning the vehicles, which first arrived in…

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11

Jan

Paris 2024 organisers warned security and transport a risk by top French auditors

"It's doable but what the Court wants to say is that it is high time to get into the operational phase. It's not too late but it's tense." The 2024…

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11

Jan

Man injures multiple people in stabbing incident at the Gare du Nord train station, Paris

A man has injured several people with a knife in a busy Paris train station. The incident took place at around 6.45am on Wednesday morning in Gare du Nord. The…

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10

Jan

French PM to unveil pension reform in big test for Macron

French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne on Tuesday will unveil the details of a pension reform that is already angering unions and a large majority of voters and will be a…

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08

Jan

Macron presses ahead with pension reform as French discontent swells

PM Borne to detail pension reform plans on Tuesday Retirement age likely to be raised to 64 or 65 from 62 now Reform passage through parliament uncertain By Elizabeth Pineau…

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06

Jan

Stock exchanges: has Paris really stolen the limelight from the City of London?

via The Conversation by Pierre-Charles Pradier (Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne) In late 2022, the French press exulted at the news that Paris’s market capitalisation had overtaken London’s. While these financial…

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06

Jan

France to permanently lower threshold for scrutiny of foreign investments – Le Maire

France will permanently lower the equity threshold for scrutinizing foreign investments from outside the European Union to 10% from 25%, Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Thursday. Le Maire…

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02

Jan

French manufacturing contraction not as deep as forecast in Dec – final PMI

PARIS, Jan 2 (Reuters) - France's manufacturing sector contracted less than first thought in December, a survey showed on Monday, even though inflationary pressures continued to weigh on the euro…

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02

Jan

France urges EU peers to test Chinese travellers for COVID

PARIS (Reuters) - France on Sunday urged European Union peers to test Chinese travellers for COVID after Paris decided to do so amid an outbreak sweeping the country. Only Italy…

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01

Jan

France urges EU peers to test Chinese travellers for COVID

PARIS (Reuters) - France on Sunday urged European Union peers to test Chinese travellers for COVID after Paris decided to do so amid an outbreak sweeping the country. Only Italy…

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30

Dec

France to impose mandatory COVID tests for travellers from China

PARIS, Dec 30 (Reuters) - France will require that travellers arriving from China provide a negative COVID-19 test result less than 48 hours old before departure, the health ministry said in a…

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28

Dec

France’s energy watchdog sees no risk to power supplies until mid-January

PARIS, Dec 28 (Reuters) - There is no risk to power supplies in France until at least mid-January, the head of the country's CRE energy watchdog, Emmanuelle Wargon, said on Wednesday. While…

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27

Dec

Paris shooting suspect expressed ‘hatred of foreigners’, says prosecutor

A suspect accused of gunning down three Kurdish people in Paris told investigators of his "hatred of foreigners", the Paris prosecutor said on Sunday. The 69-year-old man was arrested on Friday after two men…

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26

Dec

France to deliver letters just three days a week

France is to move to three-days-a-week letter deliveries from the start of next year as ministers in Britain resist pleas from Royal Mail to axe Saturday postal rounds. Letters will…

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25

Dec

Paris shooting suspect expressed ‘hatred of foreigners’, says prosecutor

PARIS (Reuters) - The suspect detained over the killing of three Kurdish people in Paris told investigators of his "hatred of foreigners", the Paris prosecutor said on Sunday. The 69-year-old…

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24

Dec

Bird flu situation is worsening in France

PARIS (Reuters) - The spread of bird flu has accelerated in the past weeks in France, the European Union's second largest poultry producer, the farm ministry said, raising concern of…

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24

Dec

Photo Story: Christmas Illuminations in Paris

The traditional giant Christmas tree of the Galeries Lafayette department store stands under its great dome in Paris, France. Photo: EPA-EFE/CHRISTOPHE PETIT TESSON

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23

Dec

French railway strike threat called off for New Year holiday weekend

PARIS, Dec 23 (Reuters) - France's SNCF railway body said that trade unions' threat to call a strike for the forthcoming New Year holiday weekend had been called off after…

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23

Dec

UPDATED: Paris gunman kills three in attack on Kurdish cafe

PARIS, Dec 23 (Reuters) - A gunman opened fire on a Kurdish cultural centre and nearby Kurdish cafe in central Paris on Friday, killing three people and wounding three others,…

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22

Dec

French inflation will be high in coming months before easing in mid-2023 -Le Maire

PARIS, Dec 22 (Reuters) - France will have high inflation levels in the next few months, particularly regarding food items, before it will then likely ease in mid-2023, French Finance…

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20

Dec

There should not be any ‘crash’ in French and European economy – ECB’s Villeroy

The French and broader European economy should not suffer any "crash" or "hard landing", European Central Bank (ECB) member and Bank of France head Francois Villeroy de Galhau told BFM…

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19

Dec

French train guards to go ahead with Christmas, New Year strike -union

PARIS, Dec 19 (Reuters) - Train guards at France's state-owned railway operator SNCF decided on Monday to go ahead with a strike planned for the Christmas and New Year weekends,…

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17

Dec

France to end visa restrictions with Morocco

PARIS (Reuters) - France will end visa restrictions for Moroccan nationals, the foreign minister said on Friday, in a sign of warmer relations between the two countries after more than…

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16

Dec

Fire at residential building near Lyon kills 10, including five kids

Ten people including five children aged three to 15 were killed in a fire on Friday that engulfed a residential building in an impoverished town near the southeastern French city…

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16

Dec

Fire near French city of Lyon kills 10, including five children

PARIS (Reuters) -Ten people, including five children aged three to 15, were killed in a fire in the early hours of Friday in a residential building in Vaulx-en-Velin, near the…

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14

Dec

France steps up reassurances that it can avoid power cuts as cold weather bites

PARIS, Dec 14 (Reuters) - France's Finance Minister and a leading executive at the country's RTE grid system stepped up messages of reassurance on Wednesday that the country can avoid…

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14

Dec

France ‘resisting better’ than other European economies -Le Maire

PARIS, Dec 14 (Reuters) - France is "resisting better" than other European economies even though all European countries will face difficulties in the coming months, Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire…

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14

Dec

Police in France prepare for high-stakes World Cup match with Morocco

Police in France geared up for the country's World Cup soccer semi-final against Morocco on Wednesday, after scuffles which followed last week's Moroccan quarter-final win over Portugal. Some 10,000 police…

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13

Dec

Apple should face 6 mln euro fine, adviser to French privacy watchdog says

By Mathieu Rosemain PARIS, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Apple AAPL.O should face a 6 million euro ($6.3 million) fine for breach of privacy rules, the top adviser to French data protection authority's sanction body…

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10

Dec

Condoms to be free for young people in France, Macron says

PARIS (Reuters) - Young people in France will be able to get condoms free of charge from next year in an effort to reduce the spread of sexually transmitted diseases…

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09

Dec

France’s EDF turns up nuclear as cold snap tests energy resolve

Europe has filled gas storage, planned for reduced use Reduced energy use so far coincided with warmer weather Analysts say supplies likely to fall short early next week Glitch throws…

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09

Dec

French economy likely to grow next year – Villeroy

PARIS, Dec 9 (Reuters) - France's economy will "probably" slightly expand next year, central bank head Francois Villeroy de Galhau said on Friday. "I can't rule out a recession, but…

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