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Don’t Exploit Her, Parents Of Slain Girl Tell French Politicians
Conservative and far-right parties have used the case to attack President Emmanuel Macron’s government over immigration The parents of a French schoolgirl whose gruesome murder has shocked the country, on…
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French Oil Refinery Strikes Begin To Ease
Strikes by workers at oil refineries calling for higher salaries have caused fuel shortages across France After three weeks of blockades, strikes at sites owned by French oil giant TotalEnergies…
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Macron Rams Budget Through Divided French Parliament
French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne was booed after using a constitution provision to force the 2023 through parliament without a vote President Emmanuel Macron’s government on Wednesday sought to ram…
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French, German Meeting Postponed As Cracks Emerge Over Energy, Defence
The flags of Germany, France and the European Union are seen in front of the the Chancellery, before the meeting between German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron…
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Time For Talks Is Over, French Minister Says As Petrol Crisis Drags On
Workers on strike gather in front of the French oil giant TotalEnergies refinery in Donges near Saint-Nazaire, France October 12, 2022. The time for talking is over, French Finance Minister…
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French Refinery Strike Further Hits Petrol Supplies, Says PM
French policemen stand guard in front of giant TotalEnergies gasoline tanks of the former oil refinery in Mardyck near Dunkerque, France, October 13, 2022. Petrol supplies at French service stations…
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Protesters Set To March In Paris As French Refinery Strikes Continue
unions are hoping for a wave of strikes and protests to put pressure on President Emmanuel Macron Three weeks into a refinery strike that has caused fuel shortages across the…
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French Development Minister Backs World Bank Reforms, Calls For U.S. SDR Loans
French State Secretary for Development, Francophonie and International Partnerships Chrysoula Zacharopoulou attends the annual Bastille Day military parade, in Paris, France, July 14, 2022. France’s development minister is backing U.S.…
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‘Great Sadness’ For Artists After French Venue Ransacked In Burkina Coup
The French Institute in Ouagadougou was just one of the former colonial power’s buildings targeted The day after Burkina Faso’s latest coup, protesters attacked the French Institute, wrecking not just…
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French Motorists Scramble For Fuel As Strike Cuts Supply
Totalenergies runs a network of around 3,500 stations in France, nearly a third of the total, with most of them low on fuel. Frustrated motorists faced more chaos at petrol…
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Awkward Anniversary As French Far-right Marks 50 Years
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen ejected her father from the party he co-founded in 1972, then dominated for four decades. France’s far-right leader Marine Le Pen said her anti-immigration…
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French, American and Austrian Scientists Win Physics Nobel for Unravelling Quantum Science Mysteries
Japan wakes up to sirens as North Korea fires missile across France-born Alain Aspect, American John Clauser and Austrian scientist Anton Zeilinger were on Tuesday awarded the Nobel Prize in…
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Gunfire, Confusion Grip Burkina Faso Day After Coup, Fire Breaks Out At French Embassy
Kiswensida Farouk Aziz Sorgho announces on television that army captain Ibrahim Traore has ousted Burkina Faso’s military leader Paul-Henri Damiba and dissolved the government and constitution, in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso,…
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French Economy Minister ‘Worried’ By British ‘Disaster’
French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire said he was ‘worried about the British situation’ France’s economy minister said Friday that he was worried by the financial turbulence in Britain, criticising…
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Stellantis Offers French Workers Bonus Payment To Ease Inflation Pain
Stellantis employees work on the e-DCT electrified automatic vehicle transmission assembly line at the carmaker Stellantis factory in Metz, France, June 29, 2022. Stellantis will provide financial support worth up…
