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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 ...
Government Pledges First Aid Payments to Wildfire-Hit French Businesses in August
Labour Minister Jean-Pierre Farandou says 500 firms have already applied for partial activity support, with URSSAF socia...
French salary increases fall to 2% in 2026, lowest since 2021, as companies switch to targeted raises
Mercer France’s annual NAO survey shows median base salary increase budgets at just 2% for 2026, trailing inflation. Emp...
French Unemployment Edges Up 0.8% in Q2, Youth Bear the Brunt of the Reversal
The number of fully jobless people registered with France Travail rose to 3.32 million, reversing a first-quarter declin...
France to Double Annual Medical Deductible Caps, Raising Patient Costs to €200 per Year
The French government will double the annual caps on medical deductibles and fixed participation fees from 50 to 100 eur...
French Unions and Employers Urge Caution Over €800m Savings Plan for Workplace Injury Insurance
Facing a government bid to slash the AT-MP branch’s deficit by €800 million from 2027, unions and employers have issued ...
Europe's Wildfire Crisis Puts Insurers' Urban Exposure Models to the Test
Morningstar DBRS says losses remain manageable for large diversified insurers unless the fires reach densely populated a...
France Records First-Ever Pyrocumulonimbus Cloud as Wildfires Shatter Records
The unprecedented fire cloud formed over France as the country endures its most destructive wildfire week in 20 years, p...
Macron Vows to Win 'Unprecedented' Wildfire Battle as Bordeaux Evacuations Top 250,000
French President Emmanuel Macron pledges support to fire crews battling the nation's worst fire crisis since WWII, with ...
MaPrimeRénov Applications Slide 75% After French Budget Cuts and Rule Tightening
Requests for deep energy retrofit grants fell from 95 000 to under 20 000 in the first half of 2026. Lower subsidies, a ...
La Poste to Increase Stamp and Parcel Prices by 6.73% on Average in 2027
La Poste announced a 6.73% average increase in letter and parcel rates from January 2027, pushing the Lettre verte to €1...
French Government Opens Short-Time Work Scheme for Fire-Hit Businesses as Insurers Pledge Flexibility
More than 13,000 evacuated enterprises in Gironde, Landes and Var can now access France's partial unemployment programme...
Wildfires Rage Across France and Spain, Threatening Bordeaux Aerospace Hub
Massive wildfires in southwestern France and central Spain have forced over 325,000 people to evacuate. The French gover...
Wildfire Crowdfunding Campaign for French Firefighters Tops €43,000
A GoFundMe-style campaign launched by regional president Renaud Muselier has raised over €43,000 in three days to suppor...
Bordeaux Wildfire Threatens City, 300,000 Evacuated in France and Spain
A massive wildfire near Bordeaux has forced evacuations across France and Spain, with international aid arriving as heat...
Bordeaux Wine Industry on Edge as Wildfires Force 250,000 Evacuations in France
Raging wildfires in southwest France have driven more than 250,000 people from their homes and are creeping toward Borde...
France’s Wildfire Crisis Exposes Decades of Underfunding and a Broken Civil-Defence Model
Record 98,000 hectares burnt across France, as exhausted firefighters say they lack even basic equipment. A funding syst...
France Overtakes Finland as EU's Top Spender, Public Debt Hits 117.6% of GDP
France's public spending ratio rose to 57.3% of GDP in the first quarter of 2026, regaining the top spot in the European...
EasyJet France Cabin Crew Strike Could Disrupt Peak Summer Travel
Last-chance negotiations between EasyJet France and cabin crew unions collapse, with a strike notice now in place for th...
Wildfires in Southwest France: SNCF Allows Free Cancellations to Curb Travel to Affected Areas
French transport minister announces exceptional measure for train travelers heading to Bordeaux region as fires displace...