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.
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The reference price of gas in France will rise by 6.6 percent on November 1st, the third consecutive increase this autumn.
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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....
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The teenage suspect told investigators he had been planning the attack for several months, and was active in True Crime online communities.
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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....
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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....
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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."...
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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?...
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Canada’s foreign buyers ban currently set to expire at the start of next year - so what does that mean for Canadians who want to buy property in France?...
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French public debt is projected to reach a record high of 121.7% of GDP in 2027 under the government's budget proposal, up from 119% at the end of June....
safety
France has taken a step towards overhauling how it tackles sexual violence after MPs passed a sweeping bill without a single vote against. It would create specialist police units and courts, abuse checks in schools and leave for victims – but protections for foreign women were dr...
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High school students, teachers and lawyers were joined by the Swedish activist Greta Thunberg on Tuesday outside a high school in Saint-Denis, the largest suburb of Paris and one of the most underprivileged....
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Nvidia bets almost $10 billion in Europe as Paris pushes for AI sovereignty.
