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  • Brigitte Bardot accuses French police of brutality

    France — Link

    Former actress speaks out after a man was left in a coma when the authorities cleared anti-bullfighting protestors from an arena.

  • French pensions: big problem, small reform

    France — Link

    PM Jean-Marc Ayrault has ruled out raising the minimum retirement age and left the door open to tax rises in order to trim the annual shortfall.

  • E-cigarettes may be carcinogenic, report claims

    France — Link

    Study by French consumer magazine warns that electronic cigarettes can “contain potentially carcinogenic elements”.

  • Far-right French mayor refuses to marry lesbian couple

    France — Link

    The couple have now asked regional officials to force the mayor in south-east France, Marie-Claude Bompard, to comply with the law.

  • France to lead first world war centenary commemorations

    International — Link

    France will set tone for the way the world marks the 1914-18 war; two of its bloodiest battles, at Verdun and the Somme, took place on French soil.

  • François Hollande embroiled in row over French film industry union rights

    Culture et idées — Link

    Independent film-makers warn that improved pay and conditions for film crews and other workers will mean 'death warrant' for arthouse cinema.

  • A proud nation ponders how to halt its slow decline

    France — Link

    Can socialist government of President François Hollande prevent France from slipping permanently into Europe’s second tier?

  • Eric Cantona to head French film festival jury

    France — Link

    The former Manchester United striker turned actor is to be president of the jury at the British Film Festival of Dinard in western France in October.

  • Fabius visits Israel, Palestine to back peace talks

    International — Link

    French foreign minister will meet Palestinian and Israeli leaders this weekend to encourage them to continue with direct negotiatations. 

  • Paris suburbs shut late-night shops to fight rowdiness

    France — Link

    Two local authorities have enforced earlier closing times in neighbourhoods plagued by petty crime and binge drinking in public.

  • France cannot take any more taxes, government admits

    Économie et social — Link

    But promise comes as minister announces creation of "carbon tax" and amid reports that overall tax burden on French will rise next year.

  • Depardieu says 'misunderstood' over leaving France

    France — Link

    The French actor insists that he never 'left' his country, and says that despite reports he quit it over tax row 'I love France as much as ever'.

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