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France's road safety department attributed a 17% rise in fatal road accidents last month to destruction of speed cameras by the protesters.

Mainstream Left and Right struggle to stay relevant in French politics ahead of European elections, writes veteran commentator John Lichfield.

French police called for calm and said crowds had been attacking people in Paris suburbs they believed were responsible for rumored abductions.

Lucrative French deals came as German foreign minister warned some countries doing 'clever' deals with China could end up dependent.

National campaign to encourage the French to cut down on their drinking came after study showing a quarter of them over-consume wine.

The 100-member Franco-German assembly, which implements the new Aachen treaty, met for its first biannual summit in Paris.

The French government is aiming to place one of its nationals as EU Commission president after incumbent Jean-Claude Junker leaves the post this year, in preference to competing for the presidency of the European Central Bank, also due for a new head, according to informed sources cited by news agency Reuters.

Hundreds of fairground workers in Le Mans in north-west France, , some carrying baseball bats and shields, mounted a violent attack on the mayor's offices on Monday after he banned their business from operating in the town centre.  

China's president Xi Jinping arrived in France on Sunday for a three-day visit that began on the Riviera and a visit to the tiny prinicpality of Monaco, before meeting with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron ahead of bialteral trade talks Monday, and further discussions on Tuesday in Paris with Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker.

While the 19th nationwide day of action on Saturday by France's so-called 'yellow vest' anti-government protest movement passed off largely without violence, a 73-year-old woman taking part in a banned rally in the south-east city of Nice received life-threatening head wounds in a charge by riot police.