France

PARIS (Reuters) – Nestle France, the French arm of Swiss packaged-food giant Nestle, has entered exclusive talks to sell its plant in Caudry, northern France, to Italian group Italpizza. The …

PARIS (Reuters) -France will tighten rules for non-EU investments in French companies by making a 10% threshold that triggers a government review permanent, Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire told Reuters …

PARIS (Reuters) – Debt-burdened retailer Casino said on Tuesday group sales fell 5.3% in the third quarter, as weakness in its core French market outpaced robust growth in Brazil. Consolidated …

VALENCIA, Spain (Reuters) – The European Union and the United States could reach a deal on critical minerals over the coming weeks or months despite their failure to agree an …

By John Irish and Edward McAllister PARIS/DAKAR (Reuters) – France’s decision to pull 1,500 troops from Niger leaves a gaping hole in Western efforts to counter a decade-long Islamist insurgency …

(Corrects spelling of Elisabeth, paragraph 1) PARIS (Reuters) – The French government plans to temporarily lift a ban on retailers selling road fuel below cost as part of efforts to …

PARIS (Reuters) – France does not intend to cut cultural ties with Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, the culture minister said on Friday, after entertainment businesses slammed a decision this …

PARIS (Reuters) – The French economy is on course for meagre growth in the third quarter boosted by the manufacturing, energy and services sectors, the central bank forecast on Tuesday. …

PARIS (Reuters) – Industrial production in France grew by 0.8% in July, according to official figures published on Friday, offering a small uplift for the euro zone’s second-biggest economy which …

(Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he had struck a “very important agreement on training our pilots in France” in conversation with President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday. “Our coalition …

PARIS (Reuters) – France plans to ban disposable electronic cigarettes, French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne said on radio station RTL on Sunday. “It’s an important public health issue,” said Borne, …

PARIS (Reuters) – Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire is meeting France’s top supermarkets and their suppliers on Wednesday and Thursday to try to persuade them to accelerate price cuts as …

PARIS (Reuters) – France will ban children from wearing the abaya, the loose-fitting, full-length robes worn by some Muslim women, in state-run schools, its education minister said on Sunday ahead …

By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) – British sandwich and coffee chain Pret A Manger will launch its monthly coffee subscription service in the United States and France this year after …

By Elizabeth Pineau PARIS (Reuters) -The French government has no plans to make households pay more taxes, Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne said on Wednesday, but other tax rises are under …

By Joe Cash BEIJING (Reuters) -China hopes France can “stabilise the tone” of EU-China relations, vice-premier He Lifeng told a senior French minister in Beijing on Saturday, as European leaders …

By John Irish PARIS (Reuters) – France on Thursday called for the release and restoration of Niger President Mohamed Bazoum after what it said was a “power grab” in a …

PARIS (Reuters) – French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire on Sunday said he was “very hopeful” Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk will pick France for a substantial investment linked to …

PARIS (Reuters) – Stellantis has no plans to move production of the electric Peugeot e-208 to France from Spain despite a push from the French government for more locally made …

By John Irish, Elizabeth Pineau and Bate Felix PARIS/DAKAR (Reuters) – After armed men killed nine Chinese nationals at a gold mine in Central African Republic in March, a video …

By John Irish and Juliette Jabkhiro PARIS (Reuters) – France has banned an upcoming Iranian opposition rally over the risk of an attack, according to a letter sent to the …

By Jan Strupczewski BRUSSELS (Reuters) – France and Germany clashed on Friday over how to reform the European Union’s fiscal rules and both claimed they had the backing of many …

By Mathieu Rosemain PARIS (Reuters) – Casino and the holders of its 6.4 billion euros ($7 billion) of debt met at France’s finance ministry on Thursday morning as the beleaguered …