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No concerted protests on May 1st in France despite social unrest

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Despite unrest from students, rail and airline workers, union are staging separate rallies in France to mark International Workers Day.

France's 1968 uprising, 50 years on: 'It's harder for the youth today'

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Fifty years on, the month of May is loaded with historic symbolism, which the government brushes aside and trade unions want to capitalise on.

Do French unions have the money to win rail strike battle?

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Unions are replenishing their financial resources to try and make industrial action last as long as possible as both SNCF and workers lose money.

Macron talks defence on visit to Australia

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Macron due to discuss security in Pacific where France has significant interests, with both countries concerned over rising Chinese influence.

France seized France.com from previous owner - now he's suing

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 Jean-Noël Frydman, a French-born American first registered the domain name in 1994 but in March 2018 France won legal battle to own it.

France on alert as tiger mosquitoes spread

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Authorities are worried about infected travellers returning from abroad, allowing domestic mosquitoes to spread diseases.

French art museum finds more than half its collection fake

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More than 80 works in small museum's collection devoted to painter Étienne Terrus are fakes; some depict buildings constructed after his death.

France's protesters revive ghosts of 1968 revolt

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Past weeks have permitted some to imagine that President Macron's France is entering zone of high dramatic turbulence, comparable with 1968.

French town of Vittel suffering water shortages

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Nestlé Waters, which owns Vittel brand, is accused by residents and environmentalists of 'overusing' local spring water that supplies the town.

55 personnalités soutiennent la «Fête à Macron»

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Des artistes et des intellectuels appellent les Français à rejoindre l’appel lancé par François Ruffin et Frédéric Lordon.