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Maximum speed will drop to 80kmh (50 mph) from 90mph on 400,000 km of secondary roads which do not have a central partition.

Holocaust survivor, former minister and EU president is only fifth woman to be laid to rest in Paris’s secular mausoleum

Conseil Superieur de l’Audiovisuel (CSA) said a programme on Syria had displayed a 'lack of honesty, rigour and diversity of points of view'.

French company that later merged with Swiss firm is under formal investigation into claims it funded armed Syrian groups to keep a plant open. 

Primary school pupils will need to recite the 'meaning of the construction of Europe' to boost patriotism and ward off Euroscepticism.

In most recent two-day stoppage only 10% of SNCF workers downed tools, as participation waned after disputed reform’s passage in parliament.

It will cover all 16 year olds and will be divided into two distinct phases; a one-month compulsory stage and a three-month voluntary period.

French president Emmanuel Macron said France would take a 'few dozen of the migrants as he criticised the German NGO running the ship.

Shops have been stoned or defaced with anti-meat graffiti and stickers, Federation of Butchers says, and 15 shops splashed with fake blood.

French president has called for stronger ties between the state and Catholic Church, a move criticised by supporters of France's secular system.