The newly-announced Nobel prize winner for literature Annie Ernaux accused President Emmanuel Macron of not doing enough to help the poor cope with high prices while some companies make windfall profits.
President Macron saiddiscussions were being held, particularly with Denmark, to deliver more highly accurate Caesar truck-mounted cannons to Ukraine, on top of the 18 it has already given.
Plan covers everywhere from public administrations and residential buildings, to shopping malls, stadiums and spas in a bid to avoid energy shortages this winter.
Walkout by trade union members at TotalEnergies has disrupted operations at two refineries and two storage facilities, while two Exxon Mobil refineries have faced similar problems.
Alexis Kohler, chief of staff of the French presidential office, the Élysée Palace, and a long-serving aide to President Emmanuel Macron, has been placed under investigation for 'unlawful taking of interest' over his undisclosed family and professional ties to an Italian-Swiss shipping company when working for the French state holdings agency and as a senior official on Macron's team at the finance ministry.
A company in Burgundy which makes insect-based protein for pet food has been given approval to produce mealworm-based protein for human consumption, prompting the building of what it says will be the largest insect farm in the world.
French justice minister Éric Dupond-Moretti, 61, has been sent for trial by a special court dedicated to cases of wrongdoing by serving members of government over his opening of investigations into several anti-corruption magistrates with whom he had clashed as a lawyer.
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