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Macron and Le Pen restart campaigns with Mélenchon a potential kingmaker
The race to run France began again on Monday morning as first-round winners Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen launched their campaigns…
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German steam cleaner maker asks French politicians not to sully its brand
One of the world’s leading makers of pressure washers and steam cleaners has formally asked French politicians not to use…
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New Year’s Day killings spark call for action to tackle violence against women in France
Feminist campaigners in France are calling for tougher government action to combat violence against women and girls after three women were allegedly…
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Afghanistan crisis: Chaos as Europeans scramble to evacuate Kabul
Chaotic conditions have been reported outside Kabul airport as European governments rush to bring home their citizens as well as…
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Google fined €500m by France’s antitrust watchdog over copyright
France’s antitrust watchdog has fined Google €500m (£428m) for failing to comply with the regulator’s orders on how to conduct…
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Le Pen looks to Provence for last hope of victory in French regional elections
At the 17th-century town hall in the Provençal city of Arles, a large tricolour flapped vigorously outside the open window…
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French dictionary adds record number of new words as Covid shapes language
One of the bibles of the French language, Le Petit Larousse, is to include a record number of new words…
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France and Germany’s Covid vaccination programmes pick up speed
Vaccine rollouts in France and Germany have finally begun to pick up speed, after a slow start and problems with supplies and…
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French pharma firm found guilty over medical scandal in which up to 2,000 died
A French court has fined one of the country’s biggest pharmaceutical firms €2.7m (£2.3m) after finding it guilty of deception…
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Conch shell in French museum found to be 17,000-year-old wind instrument
A 17,000-year-old conch shell that lay forgotten for more than 80 years in a museum collection has been discovered to…
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