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France talks tough on Calais migrants

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French interior minister rules out new migrant reception centre and says he will deploy extra riot police to contain new influx of people in port.

France to stop granting oil exploration licences

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Environment minister promises no new licences for oil and gas exploration in France and overseas territories under Macron presidency.

At EU summit, Macron pleads for limits to foreign takeovers

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French president wants to convince China's closest allies in Europe that curbing foreign takeovers in strategic industries is in their interest.

France won't scrap border controls in Calais but UK 'must pay more'

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Interior minister Gérard Collomb said returning border to England would be 'complex' but Paris wants more 'favourable conditions' over costs. 

Macron appoints new faces to senior roles after four ministers resign

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MoDem leader François Bayrou among four ministers to have quit in 48 hours as new French president appears to turn back on centrist allies.

Heatwave poses health, pollution dangers to France

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French weather service issues a heatwave alert in 66 counties, warning people to avoid going out during the hottest hours of the day.

François Bayrou becomes latest minister to quit Macron government

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European affairs minister Marielle de Sarnez and fellow MoDem member will also follow Bayrou out of government over party funding affair.

French defence minister resigns over inquiry into misuse of funds

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Sylvie Goulard, who is second minister to go in 24 hours, steps down over allegations her MoDem party misused European funds.

Counterterror force for West Africa stalled by US-France feud

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France wants to bolster efforts to fight terrorism in West Africa with a UN-backed force but Washington doesn’t want to get stuck with the bill.

Driver dead after car rams police van on Champs-Elysées

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The driver  of a car which this afternoon rammed a police van on the avenue Champs-Elysées in central Paris before bursting into flames has been pronounced dead in what interior minister Gérard Collomb said was a 'terrorist attack'.