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Rail passengers can now travel from French capital to Catalan capital in six-and-a-half hours without changing trains.

Central bank boss says France has made 'big efforts' but competitiveness is 'insufficient' and country is over reliant on tax hikes to cut deficits.

President François Hollande says much-attacked report on new approach to integration is 'not at all' the position of the government.

Prime minister Ayrault says deal offers more training to those who need it most: job seekers, less-skilled workers and staff at small firms.

Centrist MP who walked 6,000 km says he witnessed a 'crisis in the standard of living, loss of identity and loss of sense of a common destiny'.

Report provokes political row as opposition claim recommendations would pave way for multiculturalism to be the new social model in France.

Interior minister wants 'renegotiation' of the Anglo-French agreement which led to closure of notorious Sangatte refugee camp in 2002.

Senegalese sculptor Ousmane Sow dedicated election to France’s Académie des Beaux-Arts to 'Africa...and Nelson Mandela'.

The ailing French carmaker says it is in negotiations with state-owned Dongfeng Motor after General Motors sold its 7 percent share.

She admits having wanted to relieve their suffering but denies seeking to poison them to death, according to a police source cited by local media.