France’s Macron criticised for Hanukkah candle lighting ceremony at Elysee
By Dominique Vidalon PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron has been criticised by opponents for what they said was a violation of the principle of secularism after attending a ceremony on…
France’s Bouygues beats forecasts driven by energy arm Equans
By Michal Aleksandrowicz (Reuters) – French construction-to-telecoms conglomerate Bouygues beat nine-month core profit and sales expectations on Tuesday, driven mainly by its energy arm Equans. The results sent shares in Bouygues up…
France’s services sector contracts sharply in September – flash PMI
PARIS (Reuters) – France’s dominant services sector contracted at an even sharper pace in September, a monthly survey showed on Friday, as falls in demand and new orders weighed on the euro…
German economic weakness belies France’s outperformance
By Leigh Thomas PARIS (Reuters) – Germany’s economic weakness is casting a flattering light on France’s relative resilience that belies the otherwise middling performance of the euro zone’s second-biggest economy, economists say.…
France’s Le Maire urges TotalEnergies to maintain cap on fuel prices
PARIS (Reuters) – French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said he wanted French oil giant TotalEnergies to maintain a cap on fuel prices beyond Dec. 31, adding his priority was to accelerate…
France’s Eramet to resume manganese mining in Gabon after halt over coup
By Sybille de La Hamaide and Dominique Vidalon PARIS (Reuters) -French miner Eramet, which on Wednesday suffered heavy stockmarket losses after it suspended operations in Gabon in response to an ongoing coup,…
Head of France’s Medef business lobby: seeing some signs of business slowdown
PARIS (Reuters) – There are signs of a slowdown in business activity in France and interest rates are also weighing on businesses, Patrick Martin, the head of France’s Medef business lobby group,…
France’s services sector contracts in July by more than first thought-PMI
By Sudip Kar-Gupta PARIS (Reuters) – France’s services sector contracted by a bit more than first forecast in July, according to a survey, as fall in new orders weighed on businesses in…
France’s Le Maire: Food inflation has started easing in July
PARIS (Reuters) – Food inflation in France has started to ease this month and the trend should accelerate in the coming weeks, Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Wednesday. Le Maire…
France’s European Mistral missile order worth 500 million euros – ministry
PARIS (Reuters) – France’s defence ministry said on Tuesday that it could order 1,000 Mistral air defence missiles worth about 500 million euros ($545.6 million) as part of a joint purchase with…
France’s Le Maire sticks to 2023 economic growth forecast for now
PARIS (Reuters) – French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Tuesday he was sticking for now with the government’s forecast of 1% economic growth for 2023. “I confirm the growth forecast…
France’s Finance Minister pledges renewed push to cut public spending -FT
(Reuters) – French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire will take a more stringent approach to public finances, he told the Financial Times ahead of a June 19 conference expected to unveil large…
Bank of France’s Villeroy: Inflation may be past its peak in France
By Mathieu Rosemain PARIS (Reuters) – Inflation may be past its peak in France, Bank of France Governor Francois Villeroy de Galhau said on Wednesday, after official data showed inflation cooled more…
France’s Triet wins Cannes’ Palme d’Or for ‘Anatomy of a Fall’
BERLIN (Reuters) – French director Justine Triet won the 2023 Cannes Film Festival’s top prize, the Palme d’Or, on Saturday for her courtroom drama “Anatomy of a Fall”. Triet becomes the third…
France’s financial prosecution office probing Thales – source
PARIS (Reuters) – France’s financial prosecution office is investigating arms maker Thales, a source close to the matter told Reuters, after a radio station earlier reported on a probe into a fighter…
France’s Le Maire wants to break food price inflation “spiral” by autumn
PARIS (Reuters) – Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Wednesday that he would meet with retailers and suppliers next week to discuss ways to break the food price inflation “spiral” by…
Fitch cuts France’s rating to ‘AA-‘, revises up outlook to stable
(Reuters) – Fitch cut France’s sovereign credit rating on Friday by one notch to ‘AA-‘, saying a potential political deadlock and social unrest posed risks to President Emmanuel Macron’s reform agenda. Responding…
France’s Ynsect to refocus bug business after capital increase
By Sybille de La Hamaide PARIS (Reuters) – French insect-based ingredients maker Ynsect will refocus its strategy on high-margin markets like pet food, shut a production plant and cut jobs after raising…
France’s manufacturing sector shrinks in Feb as export demand weakens -PMI
PARIS (Reuters) – Activity in France’s manufacturing sector declined in February, after stabilising the previous month, due in part to worsening export demand, a survey by S&P Global showed on Wednesday. “Moderate…
France’s Les Republicains party sacks deputy leader
PARIS (Reuters) – France’s conservative right-wing Les Republicains party on Saturday sacked Aurelien Pradie as deputy party leader, after Pradie failed to join the party in backing President Emmanuel Macron’s plan to…
Factbox-Later retirement, income guarantees: What’s in France’s pension reform?
PARIS (Reuters) – President Emmanuel Macron’s plan to reform France’s costly pension system, including raising the retirement age, has infuriated trade unions who are calling for a second day of nationwide strikes…
France’s Safran to pay $17.2 million to settle China bribery charges in U.S. probe
(Reuters) – French jet engine maker Safran SA will pay about $17.2 million as part of a settlement with the U.S. Justice Department over bribes its subsidiaries allegedly paid in China, the…
France’s Vinci to invest $820 million in Mexico airport, governor says
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – French airport operator Vinci will invest $820 million in renovating an airport in the Mexican business hub of Monterrey in the northern state of Nuevo Leon, the state’s…
Irish Central Bank fines subsidiary of France’s AXA over breaches
DUBLIN (Reuters) – The Irish Central Bank has fined a subsidiary of French insurer AXA 3.6 million euros ($3.8 million) for failures in corporate governance and risk management and the handling of…
France’s Le Maire starts talks on green subsidies for EU products under IRA law
PARIS (Reuters) -French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Monday he has started talks with his counterparts to see if EU-made “green products” sold in the United States would benefit from…
France’s Macron discussed Twitter content rules in meeting with Musk
(Reuters) – Emmanuel Macron said he had a “clear and honest” discussion with Twitter owner Elon Musk about the social media platform’s content moderation policies, just a day after the French president…
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