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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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EU to adopt minimum corporate tax with or without Hungary, says France

PARIS, June 30 (Reuters) - EU member states will adopt plans for a minimum corporate tax rate in the bloc in the coming months regardless of whether holdout nation Hungary backs the…

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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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Powers need to study all oil options, including Iran, Venezuela – EU Presidency

SCHLOSS ELMAU, Germany (Reuters) -The international community should explore all options to alleviate a Russian squeeze of energy supplies that has spiked prices, including talks with producing nations like Iran…

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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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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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France’s Nations League final four hopes vanish with Croatia defeat

Holders France failed to qualify for the final four of the Nations League when they slumped to a 1-0 defeat at home to Croatia as they stayed winless in the competition on Monday. The…

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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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Macron’s bloc expected to win French parliament vote

PARIS, June 10 (Reuters) - Forty-four percent of French people polled expect President Emmanuel Macron's centrist bloc to win this month's parliamentary election, according to an Ifop-Fiducial poll for Sud…

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France expects bigger winter barley, rapeseed crops despite drought

PARIS (Reuters) - France's farm ministry forecast higher production of winter barley and rapeseed this year as an increased area was expected to offset lower yields as some crops suffer from drought.…

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Chaos expected at France’s Charles De Gaulle airport as workers strike

PARIS (Reuters) - Workers at France's main Charles De Gaulle airport in Paris will strike on Thursday to demand better pay and working conditions, the CGT trade union said, as…

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Workers at France’s Charles De Gaulle airport to strike on Thursday

PARIS, June 8 (Reuters) - Workers at France's main Charles De Gaulle airport in Paris will strike on Thursday to demand better pay and working conditions, the CGT trade union said, as…

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Poll shows French President Macron’s bloc ahead in parliamentary election

PARIS, June 8 (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron's centrist political camp is seen as slightly ahead of its main left-wing rival in the first round of this month's parliamentary elections, an…

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Prince Charles, France’s Macron discussed jubilee, Ukraine in phone call

French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday congratulated Prince Charles on the ceremonies held for Queen Elizabeth's jubilee, in a phone call in which the heir to the British throne and…

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EXPLAINER-Why France’s legislative elections matter

PARIS, June 7 (Reuters) - France heads to the polls on June 12 and 19 for parliamentary elections. Support for President Emmanuel Macron's Ensemble (Together) alliance is falling, raising questions over whether…

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French overseas votes sees tough Macron-Left battle

President Emmanuel Macron's bloc has come out on top in most of the constituencies of French voters overseas who went to the polls ahead of the rest of France, but with…

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Ukraine says Macron remarks on Russia ‘can only humiliate France’

PARIS/KYIV, June 4 (Reuters) - Ukraine rebuked French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday for saying it was important not to "humiliate" Russia, a position Ukrainian foreign minister Dmitro Kuleba said "can only…

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Macron’s party proposes new European centrist alliance

French President Emmanuel Macron’s party has proposed creating a new pan-European centrist alliance, party officials told POLITICO. The initiative would combine Macron’s Renaissance alliance and other parties with the longstanding…

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Cornelius double gives Danes 2-1 win over France

PARIS (Reuters) -Andreas Cornelius came off the bench to fire two goals for Denmark as they came from behind to defeat France 2-1 in their Nations League Group A1 clash…

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Polls show France’s Macron could lose lower house majority

President Emmanuel Macron could fall short of an outright majority in France's National Assembly, which would pose a major hurdle for his planned second-term reforms, two polls showed this week,…

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French manufacturing activity at seven-month low in May -PMI

PARIS, June 1 (Reuters) - Activity in the French manufacturing sector slowed further last month, reaching a seven-month low, as steep inflation hit new business while continued supply chain and logistics problems…

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Reforms, cost cutting and malaise push French diplomats to strike

French diplomats will go on strike for the first time in 20 years on Thursday in protest against a perceived lack of recognition and reforms pushed by the president that…

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Paris airports and Eurostar warn of disruption to travellers

PARIS, June 1 (Reuters) - The Paris Airport authority, which manages Charles de Gaulle and Orly airports, and the Eurostar rail service both warned on Wednesday of major disruption to travellers, adding…

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France’s Macron says “not excluding anything” about additional EU sanctions against Russia going forward

French President Emmanuel Macron said that following a sixth European Union package of sanctions against Russia nothing could be ruled out in terms of additional sanctions in the coming weeks.…

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French economy shrank in first quarter as inflation unnerves consumers

France's economy shrank unexpectedly in the first quarter as consumers struggled to cope with surging inflation, official data showed on Tuesday, putting pressure on President Emmanuel Macron heading into legislative…

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Paris demands probe after French journalist killed in Ukraine

France on Monday called for an investigation after a French journalist was killed in Ukraine when shelling hit the vehicle he was travelling in that was being used for the evacuation of…

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Paris demands probe after French journalist killed in Ukraine

PARIS (Reuters) - France on Monday called for an investigation after a French journalist was killed in Ukraine when shelling hit the vehicle he was travelling in that was being…

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WATCH: Mona Lisa smeared in cream in climate protest stunt

PARIS, May 30 (Reuters) - The Mona Lisa was left shaken but unharmed on Sunday when a visitor to the Louvre tried to smash the glass protecting the world's most…

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