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France Launches Reconstruction Mission After Historic Gironde Wildfires
A cross-ministry task force will oversee rebuilding and climate adaptation as the government pledges €300,000 in urgent ...
Dassault Heirs Take the Boardroom: Fourth Generation Steps Up at €58bn Family Holding
Marcel Dassault's 13 great-grandchildren are moving into the supervisory board of the family's €58bn holding, with Hélén...
Dordogne Landlord Camps in Caravan Outside His Own Home to Force Tenants Out
A Bergerac landlord who wanted his renovated house back ended up living in a caravan outside it and cutting off water an...
France's New Pension Decrees for Mothers: Modest Gains for a Narrow Group
Two French decrees effective September 1 ease pension rules for mothers — two extra credited quarters and fewer best yea...
Bercy Infos Entreprises: France's Business Guide Roundup Explained
France's official business info service compiles practical guides on partial activity, public-space permits, telemarketi...
France's June Heatwave Brought a Mortality Spike Not Seen Since 2003
Official Insee data show France's June heatwave pushed monthly deaths up 10.6% year on year, with a daily peak of 2,935 ...
Europe's Heatwave Is Costing France Nuclear Power and Draining Norway's Hydro Reserves
Summer heat has cut French nuclear output by 3.7 TWh and left Norwegian reservoirs at a 20-year low, raising the risk of...
Macron in Gironde as Record Fires Pass 160,000 Hectares: State Support Pledged
President Emmanuel Macron visited Gironde fire crews on 27 July, calling the blazes France's worst since World War II an...
Inside France's Council of Ministers: The Weekly Cabinet That Sets the Agenda
France's Council of Ministers meets weekly at the Élysée to weigh laws, decrees and top appointments. Here is how the in...
How France's National Assembly Publishes Its Official Debate Records
France's National Assembly explains how oral debates become official written records — published in the Journal officiel...
France Travel Advice for UK Visitors: Schengen Limits, EES Checks and Driving Rules
UK travellers to France face biometric border checks, strict Schengen time limits and a detailed local-rule checklist — ...
France Launches 'We All Pay the Price of Drugs' Campaign as Trafficking Spreads Nationwide
Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez unveiled a cross-government anti-drug campaign, citing record cocaine seizures and the s...
France Steps Up Wildfire Prevention With Brush-Clearing Rules and Safety Push
Paris is leaning on prevention rather than suppression: stricter brush-clearing obligations, seasonal burn bans and simp...
France Unveils Fuel-Crisis Support: €600 Premium, Transport Aid and Business Mediation
Paris extends fuel aid and tax-free premiums for high-mileage workers, and opens new support for road freight, river tra...
AXA Says French Wildfires Won’t Derail 2026 Profit Forecast as H1 Earnings Rise
French insurer AXA reports H1 operating profit up 2% to €4.5bn, lifts net income 6% to €4.2bn, and reaffirms 8% EPS grow...
French Law Bans New Drivers from ‘Powerful’ Cars, Fines Up to €15,000
A new road-safety law in France bars probationary licence holders from driving cars above a yet-undefined power threshol...
French Managers Now Take Longer Sick Leave Than Other Staff, AXA Study Finds
For the first time, French cadres spent more days on sick leave in 2025 than non-managers, driven by psychological disor...
French Savers Ditch Livret A for Life Insurance Amid Negative Real Rates
Net inflows into assurance-vie hit €36.5bn in H1 2026, the highest since 2006, as Livret A's 1.5% rate lags behind infla...
Airbus Delivers First NH90 Caïman Standard 2 to French Special Forces
The French defence procurement agency has taken delivery of the first NH90 Standard 2 helicopter, featuring upgraded sen...
Solocal Group Eyes AI-Powered Local Media Pivot After Turnaround
CEO Maurice Lévy announced the digital services firm’s accounts have recovered and unveiled plans to reposition as an AI...
Latécoère Joins Hynaero to Build Europe's Largest Firefighting Plane, Challenging Canadair Dominance
French aerospace supplier Latécoère has partnered with start-up Hynaero on the Fregate-F100 amphibious water bomber, tar...
Nearly One in Five Smokers Admits Throwing Cigarette Butts from Car Windows as France Battles Wildfires
A new survey reveals 17% of smokers toss butts from their vehicle on the motorway, a dangerous habit that contributes to...
France Freezes Assets of Pro-Russian Commentator Xenia Fedorova in Anti-Interference Push
The six-month asset freeze, complementing an expulsion order, targets the former RT France chief now appearing on Bollor...
French Inflation Edges Up to 2.1% in July as Energy and Services Costs Bite
French consumer prices rose 2.1% year-on-year in July, up from 1.8% in June, driven by higher energy and services costs....
Medef Warns Renewal of French Corporate Surtax in 2027 Budget Would Hit Investment and Hiring
Patrick Martin, head of French employers’ group Medef, says extending the exceptional levy on large firms’ profits for a...
France's Inflation Rises to 2.1% in July, Putting Indexed Incomes and Rents Under Pressure
Consumer price growth accelerated to 2.1% year-on-year in July, according to provisional INSEE data, edging closer to th...
Vermilion Fights to Keep 450 French Oil Wells Operating Past 2040
The largest oil producer in France is lobbying to extend its concessions beyond the 2040 phase‑out, arguing that the gov...
Maritime Pine Monoculture Faces Adaptation Pressure After Gironde Wildfires
Repeated wildfires are stirring criticism of the intensive monoculture of maritime pine in France's Landes forest, but i...
Climate Change Drives 20-Fold Increase in Spain Fire Risk, Study Says — Insurers on Alert
A World Weather Attribution study shows human-caused warming has made the extreme fire weather behind France and Spain’s...
Airbus Aims to Turn Military Transport Plane into Firefighting Tool as European Wildfires Spread
Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury accelerates A400M conversion for firefighting as blazes force mass evacuations in France and ...