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  • Saturday, 24 February, 2024
    Agriculture
    Farmers storm Paris agriculture fair as Macron promises more help

    Fresh indication of pan-European tensions as ministers prepare to meet in Brussels on Monday

  • Monday, 19 February, 2024
    French economy
    France tightens budget as economic growth slows

    Government pledges another €10bn in cuts due to lower than expected economic expansion

    Bruno Le Maire
  • Saturday, 17 February, 2024
    ObituaryRobert Badinter
    Robert Badinter, French lawyer and justice minister, 1928-2024

    Human rights champion who secured the death penalty’s abolition in his country and advised on Yugoslavia’s break-up

    Robert Badinter in his office in Paris
  • Wednesday, 14 February, 2024
    FT Globetrotter
    Epicurean escapes: Alain Ducasse and Daniel Humm’s transatlantic adventure

    Two of the world’s leading chefs have joined forces to craft a plant-based feast for their respective restaurants in Paris and New York

    The chefs Alain Ducasse and Daniel Humm talking in a kitchen
  • Monday, 12 February, 2024
    Glencore
    Glencore to sell stake in lossmaking New Caledonia nickel operations

    Production suspended after sharp fall in price of metal used for stainless steel and electric car batteries

    A nickel factory in New Caledonia
  • Thursday, 8 February, 2024
    European prime property
    Hot property: five homes for sale in Normandy, France

    From a house with a river outside and an amazing pool inside to a manor with stud farm and gîtes

    Château with 11 bedrooms and 10 bathrooms, decorated in a traditional style
  • Thursday, 8 February, 2024
    Pensioenfonds Zorg en Welzijn
    Big European fund sells €2.8bn in oil holdings because of slow moves on climate

    Dutch pension fund PFZW drops Shell, BP and TotalEnergies from portfolios

    oil and gas rig
  • Thursday, 8 February, 2024
    News in-depthFrench economy
    France seeks new generation of farmers for industry in tumult

    Widespread agriculture protests in Europe highlight tough conditions

    Farmer Bernard Gois
  • Thursday, 8 February, 2024
    Société Générale
    SocGen pledges growth after 60% profit drop

    French banks, including Crédit Agricole, have struggled to reap benefits of higher interest rates at home

  • Thursday, 8 February, 2024
    Travel
    Our family adventure cycling France’s Atlantic coast — with ‘chariot’ in tow

    Beaches, forests, riverside picnics, pretty seaside towns (and only the occasional argument): a week on the Vélodyssée bike route

    Images of a man in a cycle helmet with his wife and children shown over his shoulder, and smaller images of a lighthouse and a harbour
  • Wednesday, 7 February, 2024
    FT GlobetrotterFT Globetrotter’s month-by-month guide to what’s on in our cities
    What’s happening in Paris: FT Globetrotter’s month-by-month guide to 2024

    It’s a big year for the City of Light on the sports front — here are its cultural and festival highlights too

    An aerial view of Paris, looking over banks of the Seine with its bridges, the Grand Palais and the La Defense district
  • Wednesday, 7 February, 2024
    Inside BusinessPeggy Hollinger
    Near-disaster shows EU air traffic control is nowhere near good enough

    Bordeaux incident highlights the need to accelerate technological innovation in aviation management

    a man walks outside the Bordeaux-Merignac Airport,
  • Monday, 5 February, 2024
    War in Ukraine
    German opposition to reform of EU fund risks delaying arms to Ukraine

    Berlin wants different rules on how €5bn funding for Kyiv-bound weapons should work

    EU leaders last week agreed to pay €50bn over four years to keep Ukraine’s economy and budget afloat
  • Sunday, 4 February, 2024
    Environment
    Parisians vote for higher SUV parking fees in backlash against large cars

    French capital seen as a trendsetter on mobility, with ballot pitched as test of tolerance for ‘monsters on wheels’

    An SUV passes the Arc de Triomphe:
  • Sunday, 4 February, 2024
    Travelista
    Classic escapes with contemporary chic

    Odes to the clever overhaul – from the Eastern & Oriental Express to haute Saint-Trop

    A bedroom at Billnäs Gård, an intimate new hotel in Finland
  • Wednesday, 31 January, 2024
    Eurozone inflation
    Falling German and French inflation fuels hope of interest rate cuts

    Price pressures in eurozone’s two largest economies ease thanks to lower energy and goods inflation

    Customers shop in a Casino Hyperfrais hypermarket in France
  • Wednesday, 31 January, 2024
    Joy Lo Dico
    Pests remind us we’re not in total control of our cities

    Rat anxiety has increased in the UK since a cold snap sent more into our homes. But they’re a testament to our abundance — and waste

  • Wednesday, 31 January, 2024
    News in-depthAutomobiles
    Paris SUV vote sets up Europe’s battle over large cars

    Sunday’s referendum will decide whether to raise parking fees for vehicles that are getting bigger and more popular

    Cyclist rides past an SUV in Paris
  • Wednesday, 31 January, 2024
    Nuclear energy
    Paris seeks UK loan guarantee after Hinkley Point nuclear plant costs soar

    French government in push to ease financing pressure on state-owned EDF from rising price tag

    Construction work at Hinkley Point C nuclear power station site in Somerset
  • Tuesday, 30 January, 2024
    EU agriculture
    France turns up heat on Brussels to address farmer protests

    French President Emmanuel Macron pushes for more EU concessions on agriculture and trade

    Belgian farmers use tractors to block the Brussels Ring as they stage protests in Halle
  • Tuesday, 30 January, 2024
    Eurozone economy
    Eurozone economy flatlines in fourth quarter

    Shrinking German output and stalled French growth offset improved figures in Italy and Spain

    The La Defense financial district in Paris
  • Monday, 29 January, 2024
    Renault SA
    Renault cancels planned IPO of EV unit Ampere

    Carve-out falls victim to slipping growth but De Meo insists battery power still going to be ‘dominant’ in Europe

    A new Renault Twingo electric car
  • Monday, 29 January, 2024
    Nuclear energy
    EDF’s Hinkley Point woes pile pressure on global nuclear push

    Fight with London comes as the state company has been tasked to build six to 14 reactors in France alone

    Hinkley Point C plant
  • Sunday, 28 January, 2024
    French farmers vow to keep up protests despite Attal’s concessions

    Unions plan to blockade Paris as new prime minister pledges to ‘put agriculture above all else’

    French Prime Minister Attal, stands next to a bale of straw, with farmers in the background
  • Saturday, 27 January, 2024
    Airbnb Inc
    French mayors take on Airbnb amid a housing squeeze

    MPs to vote on law that would empower local authorities to set quotas on short-term rentals

    Tourists wait for the red Montenvers train bound for the Mer de Glace
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