Addressing a news conference in Brussels on the eve of a leaders' summit, the front-runner in France's presidential race described the 'accelerating timetable' for agreeing on the 2028-2034 budget as 'an attempt to pre-empt and stifle upcoming democratic choices.'
schools
With high schools still blocked in several French cities, student unions are urging protests to merge in a fresh nationwide day of action on Saturday 17 October....
government
The French far-right leader wants to strip powers from the EU and cap France’s net contribution to the bloc’s budget at €5 billion a year. “Being pro-France does not mean being anti-Europe,” she says....
schools
Students from France's elite universities joined the high school-led protest movement in early October, expressing solidarity with less privileged counterparts....
News
The reference price of gas in France will rise by 6.6 percent on November 1st, the third consecutive increase this autumn.
Local
The head of the world leader in electronic chips was in Paris on Tuesday to announce several investments in France, including in the medical start-up Doctolib....
safety
The teenage suspect told investigators he had been planning the attack for several months, and was active in True Crime online communities.
government
Talking France is back with an update on student protests and the planned October 17th demonstrations, a cyberattack that has disrupted supermarket refrigeration systems across the country, and the latest twists in the run-up to the 2027 presidential election....
Local
A year after thieves made off with €88 million of crown jewels that have never been found, the new man in charge says leaking pipes and crumbling galleries mean security fixes alone won’t save the Paris landmark....
schools
The institution offers an educational journey by showcasing its collection of garments, from their creation to their preservation, through April 4, 2027....
News
Portugal has chosen Lufthansa to buy a 44.9% stake in TAP, completing the first phase of the airline’s privatisation. The deal still needs regulatory approval....
schools
She is stepping away from her role as an observer to make herself "useful" to her country, denouncing a France mired in "chaos", amid a debt crisis, "tragic" unrest in secondary schools and a "total lack of prospects."...
News
France is the subject of increasingly alarming headlines about debt - so what's happening to the country's finances, has anything really changed, and do we need to worry about this?...
