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Economy minister Michel Sapin agreed that 0.2% figure would make it 'more difficult' to reach government target of 1.5% growth in 2016.

French ministers have hit back at apparent British criticism of way migrant children are being treated while Calais camp is dismantled.

But British newspaper Financial Times argues that the biggest problem for the French Left is the Socialist Party itself.

After National Assembly protest, ministers promise extra €250 million to fund police and a review of officers’ rights to defend themselves.

But charities said many unaccompanied minors at the camp had not been processed and reporters said groups of adults remained in area.

Jacqueline Veyrac was found in a car parked in a district of Nice, bound and with minor injuries, 48 hours after she was kidnapped.

A number of migrants 'followed tradition' and set ablaze their tents and their shelters when they left, says local French official.

President, who is yet to decide whether to stand for re-election, hailed figures showing 66,300 fewer people were looking for work last month.

Poll puts former PM Alain Juppé on 41 percent of votes in first round of Right's primary on November 20, while Sarkozy slips to 30 percent.

Police say Jacqueline Veyrac, 76, president of Cannes’s five-star Grand Hotel, was seized from her car near her home by an organised gang.