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French presidential candidates duel on the economy

French presidential candidates set out economic plans

29/03/2017

France

French Socialist and former PM Valls defects to Macron's centrist camp

Former Socialist prime minister Manuel Valls is the latest to turn his back on his own party and lend his support to centrist Emmanuel Macron, the favourite presidential candidate.

29/03/2017

France

France election: Valls back Macron

France’s former Prime Minister Manuel Valls will vote for Emmanuel Macron in the presidential election

29/03/2017

France

Tension in Chinatown following fatal shooting by Paris police

Hundreds of demonstrators have turned out for a second night in Paris’s main Chinatown district following the shooting dead by police of a Chinese father of five on Sunday (March…

29/03/2017

France

Fillon's wife Penelope is placed under formal investigation

French magistrates have placed the wife of presidential candidate Francois Fillon under formal investigation over allegations that he paid her for a fake parliamentary…

28/03/2017

France

Carlos the Jackal given life sentence over deadly 1974 Paris attack

Venezuelan-born Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, once one of the world's most wanted criminals, has been convicted of first degree murder over 1974 Paris attack.

28/03/2017

Economy

French presidential candidates outline economic intentions

The economy under the microscope in the French presidential election

28/03/2017

France

Carlos the Jackal, the bin Laden of his day

Always defiant despite his many years in prison, Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, or "Carlos the Jackal" as the world knows him, is now 67.

28/03/2017

France

Carlos the Jackal given life sentence for deadly 1974 Paris attack

Venezuelan-born Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, once one of the world's most wanted criminals, has been convicted of first degree murder over 1974 Paris attack.

28/03/2017

France

Riots in Paris after police shoot Chinese man dead

The clashes were triggered by the fatal police shooting of a Chinese man at his Paris home.

28/03/2017

France

Prosecutors call for third life sentence for 'Carlos the Jackal'

Once the world's most wanted fugitive, terrorist 'Carlos the Jackal' awaits verdict in latest trial in France

27/03/2017

France

Agriculture: food for thought ahead of French presidential election

With the French elections just around the corner, some local farmers are feeling neglected and left out of the debate.

27/03/2017

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Disneyland Paris celebrates 25th anniversary

American celebrities John Legend and Teri Hatcher joined the fun at Disneyland Paris on Saturday (March 25) as the park celebrated its 25th anniversary with a parade and several other music and light…

27/03/2017

Economy

France's fragile economy is Hollande's unwanted legacy

Outgoing French President Francois Hollande promised to fix the economy five years ago. But despite stablising the public accounts he has failed to get the French back to work as promised.

24/03/2017

France

100 years of Rodin

The french artist is known as the man who brought sculpture to life

24/03/2017

France

The most unpredictable election in French history?

A month before the first round of France's presidential election, polls suggest 43 percent of voters have still not made up their minds about who to vote for.

24/03/2017

France

London attack: French school children fly home

Dozens of French teenagers caught up in Wednesday’s terror attack in London have flown back home.

24/03/2017

Musica

Villazon's Baroque Odyssey

The Return of Ulysses to His Homeland is one of the founding works of lyric art.

23/03/2017

Living

Know your chocolates: Q&A with Bastien Girard, the best pastry cook in the world

He must have tried hundreds of different chocolate flavour combinations in the two years he practiced for the world championship of pastry-making.

23/03/2017

France

Euroviews. The religious strike back: French election View

22/03/2017

France

A call from the jobless to the future French president

As we approach the French presidential election, Euronews is meeting people to hear of their concerns and expectations.

22/03/2017

France

France: New interior minister takes over from scandal-hit Le Roux

It was all change on Wednesday in one of the top jobs in French government.

22/03/2017

France

French interior minister quits over jobs scandal

Bruno Le Roux denies he has done anything wrong but says he does not want the scandal to affect the government's work.

21/03/2017

Sport

Paris and Los Angeles rule out hosting 2028 Olympics

It’s 2024 or nothing, that’s the message from Paris Olympic bid officials who, on Tuesday, ruled out hosting the 2028 Games.

21/03/2017

France

French interior minister resigns over jobs scandal

Bruno Le Roux is facing investigation following allegations he hired his daughters for summer jobs while they were students.

21/03/2017

France

Macron and Melenchon offer French voters radically different visions of their presidencies

Two outsiders stole the show in Monday's big French presidential election TV debate, but should either of them win will they be able to assemble a government without major party backing?

21/03/2017