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Adèle Haenel: France ‘missed the boat’ on #MeToo

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The first high-profile actress to speak out over abuse in the country’s movie business says France must do more to help sexual assault victims.

France sees fall in tourism following coronavirus outbreak

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The 30% to 40% fall in tourist numbers will have an 'important impact' on France’s economy, says finance minister Bruno Le Maire.

The shift in sex and power sweeping France

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Since #MeToo, France’s notoriously liberal attitudes to sex and sexual power are under the microscope as never before.

Old-style French politics in the dock as ex-PM goes on trial

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Former prime minister François Fillon goes on trial in Paris on suspicion of misappropriating over a million euros in public funds, paid to his Welsh-born wife Penelope for a suspected fake job as a parliamentary assistant between 1998 and 2013.

Lawyers to seek asylum for Julian Assange in France

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Assange’s European defence team say it is their duty to raise case with French preesident Emmanuel Macron.

French mayors issue sickness ban in protest over healthcare access

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The nine mayors in the Sarthe département or county have banned falling ill, in a symbolic move to highlight the lack of local doctors.

Duo in French sex tape scandal put under formal investigation

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Pyotr Pavlensky and Alexandra de Taddeo are suspected of publishing a racy video alleged to be of former Paris mayoral candidate Benjamin Griveaux.

Macron aims to combat 'foreign interference' in how Islam is practiced

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French president said in a speech: 'The problem is when in the name of a religion, some want to separate themselves from the Republic and therefore not respect its laws.'

Why France is resisting Macron's push on pensions

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President Emmanuel Macron's bid to radically overhaul the post-war pension system reached the National Assembly on Monday February 18th, ahead of a long period of debate.

Health minister takes over Paris mayoral bid amid sex video scandal

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French health minister Agnès Buzyn, who has been leading the national response to the coronavirus epidemic, stepped down on Sunday to become President Macron's LREM party candidate for mayor of Paris after former government spokesman Benjamin Griveaux, originally appointed for the bid, quit on Friday over revelations of a sex video he purportedly features in.