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Binance CEO praises ‘pro-crypto’ France as it pursues base there

PARIS, April 13 (Reuters) - Binance boss Changpeng Zhao praised France for its "pro-crypto" regulations on Wednesday, as the world's biggest cryptocurrency exchange pursues plans to make Paris its European base. Zhao,…

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Macron-Le Pen duel in French runoff could spark tension in markets, says analyst

Incumbent French President Emmanuel Macron’s lead against Marine Le Pen in the first round of the election came as a relief for foreign investors who have been facing “tension” due…

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Macron, Le Pen battle out on cost of living in heated runoff campaign

Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen traded blows at a distance on Monday over who would best protect French voters' purchasing power, kicking off a tense fight to win the presidential election…

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France’s centre right fighting for survival after election humiliation

It was going to be bad. It turned out to be worse. Conservative Valerie Pecresse scored below 5% in the first round of the France's presidential election, the centre right's…

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France’s Macron and Le Pen head for cliffhanger April 24 election runoff

French leader Emmanuel Macron and challenger Marine Le Pen qualified on Sunday for what promises to be a very tightly fought presidential election runoff on April 24, pitting a pro-European economic liberal…

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Macron and Le Pen head for French election runoff – projections

PARIS, April 10 (Reuters) - France's incumbent leader Emmanuel Macron and far-right challenger Marine Le Pen are heading for an April 24 presidential election runoff, projections showed after first round voting on…

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Explainer: What’s at stake in France’s presidential election?

The French vote on Sunday in the first round of a presidential election that will determine who runs the European Union's second-largest economy, and its only member with a permanent…

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UPDATE – France votes on Sunday in cliffhanger presidential election

PARIS, April 10 (Reuters) - Voters cast their ballots across France on Sunday in the first round of a presidential election in which far-right candidate Marine Le Pen is posing an unexpected threat to President…

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SCENARIOS-Who might upset Macron’s bid for a second term in office?

PARIS, (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron is the favourite to win re-election in a two-round ballot on April 10 and 24. But after a first term mired in social unrest -…

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France’s Macron makes last-minute appeal to voters as Le Pen reaches all-time high in poll

PARIS, (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday appealed to younger, progressive-leaning voters in his last scheduled interview before Sunday's first-round presidential vote while his forecast lead over far-right candidate Marine…

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UPDATED: France’s Macron says he entered presidential race later than he wished

PARIS, April 8 (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday accused his far-right challenger Marine Le Pen of lying to voters about her campaign platform as he sought to rally support…

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Le Pen shrugs off ‘doom-mongering’ by markets over Sunday’s election

PARIS, April 7 (Reuters) - French far-right candidate Marine Le Pen shrugged off market jitters triggered by her good ratings ahead of Sunday's first round of the presidential election, saying her "serious"…

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French hospital system not in danger as current COVID-19 wave reached peak

PARIS, April 7 (Reuters) - The current COVID-19 wave hitting France has now reached its peak, which means the country's hospital system is not in danger, Health Minister Olivier Veran…

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French prosecutor opens probe into use of private consultancy firms by the state

PARIS, April 6 (Reuters) - French prosecutors said on Wednesday they had opened a preliminary investigation into possible money laundering and tax fraud linked to the role of private consultancy firms in the nation's politics. The inquiry by the…

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French election poll: Macron to beat Le Pen but Le Pen gains ground

PARIS, April 6 (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron would beat Marine Le Pen in the country's presidential election later this month, though Le Pen has gained ground in recent weeks, showed…

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France closes mosques with powers that some critics say use ‘secretive evidence’

For three years, Karim Daoud ran the mosque in this small town in northwest France. He also coached kids’ soccer teams and for more than two decades has worked for the local…

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Le Pen narrows gap with Macron ahead of Sunday’s presidential election

Opinion polls see French President Emmanuel Macron winning a second term in a two-round presidential election on April 10 and 24, but far-right candidate Marine Le Pen is narrowing the gap. French…

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French oppose Macron’s proposed later retirement, poll shows as election looms

(Reuters) - A large majority of French oppose raising the legal retirement age, an opinion poll published by Les Echos newspaper showed, which could be an issue for President Emmanuel Macron, who…

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Rare upsurge in bird flu makes for worst-ever crisis in France

France is facing its worst bird flu crisis in history as a rare rebound in outbreaks of the highly contagious virus reached the country's largest poultry producing regions with cullings…

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UK, Germany and France reject Putin’s roubles for gas demand

BERLIN, March 31 (Reuters) - German Economy Minister Robert Habeck on Thursday rejected demands by Russia that European countries pay for its gas in roubles as an unacceptable breach of contract, adding that the manoeuvre amounted…

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Carrefour plans EV charging stations at French hypermarkets, supermarkets

PARIS, March 30 (Reuters) - Carrefour said on Wednesday it aims to install over 700 electric vehicles charging stations and 5,000 charging points at its French hypermarkets and Carrefour Market supermarkets by 2025.…

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War, inflation hit French, German consumer morale

France and Germany saw bigger than expected drops in consumer confidence this month as government steps to help with rising fuel costs and other inflation gave little relief following the impact of Russia's…

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Giroud on the spot in France comeback win over Ivory Coast

MARSEILLE, France (Reuters) - Olivier Giroud defied the doubters again as he marked his France comeback by scoring his 47th international goal when the world champions beat Ivory Coast 2-1…

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Macron appeals for calm after death of jailed Corsican nationalist

French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday called for calm after the death in prison of Yvan Colonna, a Corsican nationalist who had become a symbol of the Mediterranean island's problems with mainland France. Colonna died on Monday after falling into a coma after he…

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Russian elements have infiltrated every element of European society, top French MEP claims

The Russian Government and its agencies have infiltrated every element of European society, a French MEP has claimed. Socialist Raphael Glucksmann said that the Russian invasion of Ukraine contradicted European…

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France’s COVID-19 infections spike week-on-week following easing of restrictions

PARIS, March 21 (Reuters) - France reported an average of close to 90,000 new coronavirus infections over the last seven days, marking a 36% rise from one week ago when most COVID-19…

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Mali to suspend French broadcasters France 24 and RFI

PARIS/DAKAR March 17 (Reuters) - Mali's ruling military junta will suspend broadcasts by French state-funded international news outlets RFI and France 24, accusing them of reporting what it called false allegations of…

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French foreign minister warns Moscow against use of chemical weapons -Le Parisien

PARIS, (Reuters) - France would consider Russia responsible for any use of chemical or bacteriological weapons in the war in Ukraine, Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian told French newspaper Le Parisien in…

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Germany reports another record COVID-19 incidence; France’s current rebound of COVID infections to peak soon

BERLIN, March 16 (Reuters) - Germany reported another record high seven-day incidence of the coronavirus on Wednesday even as the country prepares to ease restrictions. The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) registered 262,593…

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France ready to discuss ‘autonomy’ for Corsica, minister says

PARIS, March 16 (Reuters) - Paris is prepared to loosen its grip on Corsica in a process that could lead to a yet-to-be decided autonomous status for the island, France's interior minister…

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France’s COVID infections keep rising, hospitalizations up

French health authorities reported 18,853 new COVID-19 infections on Monday, a figure showing a week-on-week increase for the tenth consecutive time on the day France lifted most of the restrictions put in place to…

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EU members should keep budgets ‘reactive’ over Ukraine crisis – France

PARIS, March 14 (Reuters) - EU governments need to keep their fiscal stances "reactive" in the face of the current Ukraine crisis with targetted measures for households and firms, French Finance Minister…

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France, UK, Germany say Iran deal could collapse on Russian demands

PARIS, March 12 (Reuters) - France, Britain and Germany warned Russia on Saturday that its demands to have its trade guaranteed with Iran risked the collapse of an almost-completed nuclear deal. Negotiators…

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Man shot in Marseille after knife attack on police

PARIS, March 12 (Reuters) - A man was shot by police on Saturday after a knife attack that injured one officer in the southern French city of Marseille, local newspaper…

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French government reassures over supplies at petrol stations amid concerns over prices

PARIS, March 11 (Reuters) - France has enough supplies of petrol at the country's petrol stations, said the French energy and environment ministry on Friday, as concerns mount over tensions in world…

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Ukrainians trapped in besieged city as fighting blocks evacuation efforts

LVIV/KYIV, Ukraine, March 7 (Reuters) - About 200,000 people remained trapped in the besieged city of Mariupol on Monday after fighting stopped evacuation efforts over the weekend, with no sign that massive…

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Macron gets French poll boost after Ukraine crisis interventions

PARIS, March 5 (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron's lead over rival candidates ahead of next month's election has grown in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, according to a poll…

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Macron launches re-election bid to protect French from ‘world’s disorders’

PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday he would run for a second term in April's elections, seeking a mandate to steer the euro zone's second-largest economy through the…

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France to lift COVID vaccine passport rules on March 14, just before presidential election

PARIS, March 3 (Reuters) - Rules requiring people to show a COVID-19 vaccine passport to access venues will be lifted in France on March 14 - about a month before the presidential election…

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French minister declares economic ‘war’ on Russia, and then beats a retreat

French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire declared an "all-out economic and financial war" against Russia to bring down the its economy as punishment for invading Ukraine, before rowing back on…

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French communist chief: requisition Russian oligarchs’ Riviera villas for war refugees

PARIS, Feb 28 (Reuters) - The presidential candidate for France's communist party said that the sumptuous villas of Russia's oligarch should be requisitioned to house Ukrainian refugees from the war. France, especially…

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World powers unite against Russia in new concerted sanctions move

Feb 26 (Reuters) - Washington and its allies moved on Saturday to block some Russian banks' access to the SWIFT international payment system as part of more sanctions against Moscow as it…

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France’s Macron reiterates support to Georgia, Moldova, to boost NATO presence in Estonia, Romania

PARIS, Feb 26 (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron has told the presidents of Georgia and Moldova, neighbours of Ukraine in Europe's east, that France would support them "against any tension or…

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UPDATED: France seizes ship suspected of violating Russia sanctions

BOULOGNE-SUR-MER, France, Feb 26 (Reuters) - French sea police seized a ship on Saturday that authorities suspect belongs to a Russian company targeted by European Union sanctions over the war in Ukraine,…

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Macron tells French farmers: Ukraine war will weigh on you, and it will last

PARIS, Feb 26 (Reuters) - The war in Ukraine, and heavy sanctions Western powers have taken against Russia, will have long-lasting and serious consequences for the French farming sector, the European Union's…

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France says cutting Russia off SWIFT is “very last resort”

PARIS, Feb 25 (Reuters) - French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Friday the option of cutting off Russia from the SWIFT global interbank payments system remained open, but that he…

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France says Putin needs to understand NATO has nuclear weapons

PARIS (Reuters) -France’s foreign minister said that Russian President Vladimir Putin, when making threats about using nuclear weapons, needs to understand that NATO, too, is a nuclear alliance, but he…

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French President Macron set to launch re-election bid soon, sources say

PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron is set to launch his re-election bid soon, focusing on a handful of big policy ideas, government sources told Reuters, with a first…

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France bans import of meat from animals on growth antibiotics

PARIS, Feb 22 (Reuters) - France adopted a decree on Tuesday banning imports of meat from animals treated with growth antibiotics - a practice prohibited in farming within the European Union since…

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UK’s Johnson and France’s Macron agree on need to work together on Russian sanctions

LONDON, Feb 22 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and French President Emmanuel Macron agreed on Tuesday to continue to work together to target those who supported Russian President Vladimir Putin's…

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French business activity grew more strongly than forecast in Feb -PMI

PARIS, Feb 21 (Reuters) - French business activity grew more strongly than forecast in February, according to a monthly survey, helped by an improvement in the country's COVID-19 situation and stronger demand…

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Why has France been at war for a decade in the West African desert?

France and military allies are leaving Mali after using it for almost a decade as a base for fighting Islamist insurgents who continue to wreak havoc and control swathes of…

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UPDATED: Germany, France stand by 2023 tax reform deadline

BERLIN, Feb 18 (Reuters) - The German government stands by the goal of implementing a global corporate tax reform drafted last year as scheduled on Jan. 1, 2023, Finance Minister Christian Lindner said during…

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France unemployment hits 13-year low in boost for Macron

PARIS, Feb 18 (Reuters) - France's unemployment rate fell in the final quarter of last year to the lowest level since 2008, data showed on Friday, boosting Emmanuel Macron's economic credentials less…

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Major strike at Paris metro

PARIS, Feb 18 (Reuters) - A major strike paralysed most of Paris's metro network and city train grid on Friday, disrupting the daily commutes of millions of people, as workers demand pay…

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France steps up calls for a new security framework in Europe

France has stepped up calls for a new security framework in Europe to replace the current “nearly obsolete or irrelevant” arrangements on arms control and transparency about troop movements. In…

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After defections, Le Pen’s French presidency bid hit by leaks to rival

PARIS, Feb 16 (Reuters) - Marine Le Pen, whose bid for the the French presidency was already in difficulty after a wave of defections, suffered a further blow after her…

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