France could deliver up to 12 more Caesar howitzers to Ukraine -report
PARIS (Reuters) – France could deliver six to 12 new Caesar howitzers, originally destined for Denmark, to Ukraine, French newspaper Le Monde reported on Saturday. …
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Stellantis and Uber join forces on electric vehicles market in France
PARIS (Reuters) – Carmaker Stellantis and Uber announced a partnership along with the company Free2Move to focus on the French electric vehicles market. The companies …
France says inflation control is the main priority for 2023 budget
By Leigh Thomas PARIS (Reuters) – The fight against inflation is the biggest priority, France’s finance minister said on Monday as he delivered a 2023 …
France and international partners announce plans to aid food production hit by Ukraine war
PARIS (Reuters) -France this week convened a meeting with partners including African nations, United Nations bodies and the European Union to urgently address the international …
Exxon Mobil shuts Fos-Sur-Mer refinery in France due to strike
By Rowena Edwards (Reuters) – ExxonMobil is gradually shutting down its 235,000 barrel per day (bpd) Fos-Sur-Mer refinery in France as a result of ongoing …
France is not falling into recession, Le Maire says
PARIS (Reuters) – French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Wednesday that the economy was not facing recession after the government lowered its economic …
France cuts 2023 growth outlook to 1%, but sees deficit target intact
PARIS (Reuters) – The French government is lowering the country’s 2023 economic growth outlook, but sees no need to revise its budget deficit target as …
Belgian motorists beat fuel inflation with cross-border trips to France
HALLUIN, France (Reuters) – French government support for gasoline prices has led to long queues of cars from Belgium queuing at gas stations just over …
Macron tells Truss: Britain and France will always be friends
ALGIERS (Reuters) – Britain and its people will always be allies of France, President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday, after the frontrunner to be Britain’s …
Inflation angst grips German consumers as blues ease in France
By Leigh Thomas PARIS (Reuters) – Consumer morale in the euro zone’s two biggest economies diverged starkly in August as French consumers benefited from fresh …
Exclusive: Deezer to begin German expansion using Brazil, France model – CEO
By Steven Grattan SAO PAULO – French music-streaming platform Deezer SA will begin its German operation in the coming weeks as the newly public listed …
Wildfire burns 250 hectares of pine, injures firefighters in France
PARIS – A wildfire in southern France on Sunday burned 250 hectares (620 acres) of pine forest and four firefighters were injured fighting the blaze, …
Canada asks France to extradite accused priest -French diplomatic source
By Mathieu Rosemain PARIS – France has received a request from Canada to extradite retired Roman Catholic priest Johannes Rivoire so he can face a …
France sees slower growth stalling deficit reduction in 2023
PARIS – French economic growth will slow sharply next year in the face of mounting geopolitical risks, pushing back improvement in the public sector budget …
Canada’s Inuit seek Pope’s help to return accused priest from France
By Rod Nickel WINNIPEG, Manitoba – Canada’s Inuit people will press Pope Francis to help return a retired Roman Catholic priest accused of sexual abuse …
France urges more inflation relief from firms making big profits on energy crisis
PARIS – The French government on Thursday urged companies whose profits have surged during the inflation crisis to do more to help households cope as …
‘Not many of us left’: France races to record memories of 1942 Jewish roundup
By Juliette Jabkhiro and LEA GUEDJ PARIS – When police came knocking on the door of his eastern Paris home on July 16, 1942, 15-year-old …
Europe’s Energy Crisis Is So Bad That France Will Nationalize Its Largest Power Company. Here’s The Price Tag
Europe’s Energy Crisis Is So Bad That France Will Nationalize Its Largest Power Company. Here’s The Price Tag Josh Hypes on July 13, 2022 France …
France sees weeks to save Iran nuclear deal, but U.S. sets no deadline
By John Irish and Arshad Mohammed PARIS/WASHINGTON -France’s new foreign minister said on Tuesday there were only a few weeks to revive Iran’s 2015 nuclear …
France can’t tackle inflation crisis with more debt – central bank
PARIS – The French state cannot afford to bear alone the economic fallout from the Ukraine crisis, the country’s central bank governor said on Thursday …
France can’t keep diverging from Germany on debt – public auditor
PARIS – France’s public finances can no longer diverge from those of lower debt countries like Germany without threatening the euro zone, France’s independent public …
EU to adopt minimum corporate tax with or without Hungary, says France
PARIS – EU member states will adopt plans for a minimum corporate tax rate in the bloc in the coming months regardless of whether holdout …
France cuts growth outlook, but sticks to budget target – ministry
PARIS – France’s government cut its growth outlook sharply on Tuesday but kept its budget deficit forecast steady despite billions of extra spending on anti-inflation …
Stellantis production stoppages in France linked to Continental, sources say
PARIS -Production stoppages at two Stellantis auto plants in France stem from shortages in components from German supplier Continental, two sources close to Stellantis said …
Gas flows to France from Germany halted after Russia reduces supplies
PARIS – Gas flows from Germany to France have stopped since June 15 after what German officials on Friday described as Russia’s politically motivated decision …
Bordeaux region bans outdoor events as heat wave hits France
PARIS – The Gironde department around Bordeaux banned outdoor public events and those at indoor venues without air conditioning, a local official told public radio …
Despite war, inflation, France sees positive economic growth in 2022 -minister
PARIS – France’s finance minister said on Sunday he expected positive growth for 2022, but would revise economic forecasts at the start of July. “It’s …
France in talks with UAE to replace Russian oil supplies -minister
PARIS – France is in talks with the United Arab Emirates to replace Russian oil purchases, which will stop after the imposition of a European …
Global digital tax deal might not be ready until early 2024 – France
PARIS – A global digital tax deal might not be ready until the end 2023 or early 2024, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said …
France Le Maire’s confident on EU unanimity on global corporate tax by June 17
By LA BRUSSELS – The 27 members of the European Union should reach a unanimous agreement on the implementation of a global minimum corporate tax …
France to return to growth in second quarter – INSEE
PARIS – France’s economy will escape from stagnation in the current quarter and eke out meagre growth, although inflation will continue to weigh on consumers, …
Bird flu puts organic chickens into lockdown from Pennsylvania to France
By Tom Polansek and Sybille de La Hamaide CHICAGO/PARIS – Organic and free-range chickens have been thrown into lockdown. Egg-laying hens that normally have access …
Nearly one in three ECB bosses is German as France lags
FRANKFURT – One in three managers at the European Central Bank is German, giving the ECB’s host country an ever bigger representation than its size …
France gives leeway on food labels as firms switch from sunflower oil
PARIS – France will give food companies up to six months to change product labels to reflect recipe changes if they replace sunflower oil, supplies …
Explainer-Macron or Le Pen: why it matters for France, the EU and the West
By Michel Rose PARIS – The French will decide on Sunday whether to re-elect pro-business centrist President Emmanuel Macron or blow up decades of mainstream …
Macron tells voters: Now choose the France you want
By Layli Foroudi and Elizabeth Pineau AUXERRE, France -French President Emmanuel Macron and far-right challenger Marine Le Pen made final appeals on Friday to undecided …
Air France to make refuelling stops as Senegal feels fuel shortage
DAKAR – Air France said on Wednesday that flights from Senegal’s capital Dakar to Paris will make refuelling stops in Spain’s Las Palmas, due a …
Explainer-Macron or Le Pen: why it matters for France, the EU and the West
By Michel Rose PARIS – The French will decide on April 24 whether to re-elect pro-business centrist President Emmanuel Macron or blow up decades of …
France boosts economic support to ease Ukraine crisis fallout
PARIS – The French government presented on Wednesday a new round of measures to help households, companies, farmers and fishermen cope with the economic fallout …
EU members should keep budgets ‘reactive’ over Ukraine crisis – France
PARIS – EU governments need to keep their fiscal stances “reactive” in the face of the current Ukraine crisis with targetted measures for households and …
France, UK, Germany say Iran deal could collapse on Russian demands
PARIS – France, Britain and Germany warned Russia on Saturday that its demands to have its trade guaranteed with Iran risked the collapse of an …
France Seizes Russian Energy Oligarch’s $120 Million Super-Yacht
The French government seized a massive yacht belonging to Russian oligarch Igor Sechin, the head of a state-run energy giant, France’s finance ministry said. French …
Tennis-Ukrainian tennis player Yastremska flees to safety in France
By Rory Carroll – Ukrainian tennis star Dayana Yastremska has fled her native country amid a Russian invasion and is now safe in France, the …
France in favour of cutting off Russia from SWIFT – Ukrainian minister
– Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Saturday French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian had supported cutting off Russia from the global SWIFT payment …
EDF fined 300 million euros for dominant position abuse in France
PARIS – France’s competition watchdog fined EDF and its subsidiaries 300 million euros ($339.78 million) over the abuse of its dominant position between 2004 and …
U.S., UK, France ask U.N. Security Council to meet Monday on Ukraine
UNITED NATIONS – The United States, Britain and France have asked the U.N. Security Council to meet later on Monday on Ukraine after Russia recognized …
EU, U.S. trade, technology body to meet May 15-16 in France
BRUSSELS – The U.S.-European Union Trade and Technology Council, set up last year to mend strained transatlantic trade relations and help the allied democracies better …
Germany, France stand by 2023 tax reform deadline
BERLIN -The German government stands by the goal of implementing a global corporate tax reform drafted last year as scheduled on Jan. 1, 2023, Finance …
France will need to boost deficit reduction plans after election – auditor
PARIS – The next French government will need to revise current budget deficit reduction plans after a presidential election in April to ensure France does …
France opens new business campus to tackle cyberattacks
By Mathieu Rosemain PARIS – France is grouping the country’s top cybersecurity experts in Paris’ business district of La Defense, bringing together startups and household …