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  • French taxis cause traffic chaos in protest over taxes and competition

    France — Link

    French taxi drivers on Monday staged nationwide go-slow operations in protest over a hike in VAT and growing competition from minicabs.

  • Valérie Trierweiler hospitalised after learning of Hollande 'affair' claims

    France — Link

    French First Lady's office says she was admitted to hospital on Friday - after magazine's revelation -  to 'get some rest and have tests done'.

  • President Hollande's secret visits to meet actress; flat linked to 'organised crime'

    France

    What may have at first seemed like a simple affair of the heart on the part of President François Hollande looks set to take on a political dimension. Mediapart can reveal that the flat where Hollande is reported to meet actress Julie Gayet has connections with a convicted criminal suspected of links to Corsican organised crime. This immediately raises questions of what France's 'top cop', interior minister Manuel Valls, knew about the affair. Was he unaware of the flat's links to a criminal? Or did an amorous president fall into a political trap?

  • French comedian drops show deemed anti-Semitic

    France — Link

    After France's top court upholds bans on his tour, Dieudonné says new show about Africa will not contain language that courts objected to.

  • François Hollande’s affair: scandal reveals a changing France

    France — Link

    Exposé of the French president's alleged affair with actress marks a departure from the country's previous nonchalance over such matters.

  • France to pursue divisive comic Dieudonné online

    France — Link

    After ban on shows, interior minister says law 'must be able to act' against the online publication of what he calls 'racist and anti-Semitic speech'.

  • France struggles to cut down on nuclear power

    France — Link

    President Francois Hollande wants to cut nuclear output by a third in 20 years but so far only one plant has been earmarked for closure.

  • Fans flock to French comic Dieudonne on social media

    France — Link

    The number of the controverial banned comic's followers on Twitter has more than doubled and his Facebook 'likes' now exceed half a million.

  • France to turn corner on growth in final quarter of 2013

    Économie et social — Link

    According to preliminary figures released by French central bank, the country’s recovery gained ground at the end of 2013 with 0.5% growth.

  • French senators pass ‘anti-Amazon’ law to protect small retailers

    France — Link

    France's upper chamber has approved a bill that would ban online book retailers - such as Amazon - from offering free delivery.

  • France's Hollande attacks report of affair with actress

    France — Link

    French president says he has a right to privacy and is considering suing Closer magazine after it claimed he was having an affair with Julie Gayet.

  • France's top court reinstates ban on comic Dieudonne

    France — Link

    One-man show by comedian accused of anti-Semitism banned at last minute after interior minister wins appeal against earlier legal setback.

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