The government had submitted a measure to trim the cap on a 10% tax break for pensioners, hoping to bring in €1.4 billion for the public budget amid concern about France's debt. Lawmakers rejected the measure by 116 votes to 30.
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Whether it's neighbours or strangers, a village tradesman or fellow passengers on the Paris Metro, readers of The Local share the moments that showed them the kindness of people in France....
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A 14-year-old charged with attempted murder in France after wounding a principal and a teacher in a school shooting this week said he acted out of revenge for bullying, prosecutors have said....
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The far-right presidential candidate argued for cutting France's financial contribution to the European Union, but her usual partners stopped short of endorsing her demands....
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, in an interview Thursday, stressed his country has a "win-win" defence cooperation with France, after Marine Le Pen said she would cut aid to Kyiv if elected French president....
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Courts are increasingly turning their attention to the women who joined the Islamic State armed group in Syria and Iraq, and then returned to France. The latest case opened Wednesday: that of Radia Tahar Aouidate, was one of 23 members of her family to travel to Syria, under the ...
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Amid a riot of costumes, wigs, and spectacular accessories, director Thomas Jolly presents a pop-infused cabaret adaptation of the hit France TV show at the Casino de Paris and then on tour around France....
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Several organisations have brought a case before France’s highest court to challenge the continued exclusion of people living with HIV from certain posts in the armed forces, gendarmerie and fire services....
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The euro slid this week to its weakest level against the US dollar since mid-May 2025 and the British pound since early June 2025, as an energy shock, France’s debt crisis and a resurgent US dollar outweigh two interest rate hikes by the European Central Bank....
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France’s greenhouse gas emissions are expected to fall by 2.8 percent in 2026, slightly more than last year – but the pace of decarbonisation remains well below what is needed to meet the country’s climate targets....
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The Interior Ministry has published its 2025 study on violent deaths within couples: 136 deaths, a stark picture of these intimate tragedies and the warning signs that precede them....
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If you've spotted cracks in the walls of your house, it could be due to clay soil shrinking and expanding beneath the foundations. More than 12 million houses in France are at risk. Here's what to do if yours is one of them....
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Around a third of homes in France are now at risk of developing cracks in the walls or broken pipes underground because of the expansion and contraction of clay soil - made worse by the country's increasingly severe droughts....
