Haitian groups seek billions in reparations from France
By Emma Farge and Catarina Demony GENEVA (Reuters) – France should repay billions of dollars in reparations to Haiti to cover a debt formerly enslaved people were forced to pay in return…
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 by June 17, French Finance minister Bruno…
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, the INSEE official statistics agency forecast on…
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 to the outdoors can no longer roam…
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 would imply, ECB data showed on Thursday.…
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 of which have been strained by the…
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 consensus in favour of far-right Marine Le…
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 voters weighing fears of what a Le…
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 refined products shortage in the West African…
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 mainstream consensus in favour of far-right Marine…
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 from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “We have…
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 firms, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire.…
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 almost-completed nuclear deal. Negotiators have reached the…
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 customs authorities executed the seizure in accordance…
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 21-year-old said in a social media post…
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 system in a phone conversation with him.…
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 2021, the competition authority said on Tuesday.…
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 two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine as…
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 compete with China, will meet for the…
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 Minister Christian Lindner said during a meeting…
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 not fall further behind other European countries,…
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 names to tackle the scourge of hacking,…
France can afford to cut business tax by 10-15 billion euros – minister
PARIS – France can only afford to cut business tax by another 10 billion to 15 billion euros without putting its public deficit reduction plans at risk, Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire…
France Says Putin Promised Not To Escalate Ukraine Crisis Further
The office of French President Emmanuel Macron alleged Tuesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin committed to not launching any new “military initiatives” in Ukraine, ABC News reported. French officials said the promise…
France targets groups, websites with expanded powers under anti-terror law
By Layli Foroudi PARIS – The French government said this week it was closing down an activist-run media outlet and a Muslim website deemed at odds with “national values”, the latest in…
500,000 Vaccinated People Lose Access To Health Pass In France, Booster Mandatory After 7 Months
France now requires vaccination for anyone 16 or older to fully participate in public life and decreased the time between booster shots from seven to three months. Those who were vaccinated more…
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