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Seventeen hospitals across France will take part in a 36-month trial whereby expectant mothers can earn 300 euros in shop vouchers if they give up smoking.

Ex-president, now head of conservative opposition, angers rivals by disallowing expats to vote online to pick party's presidential election candidate.

After outrage from student unions, Paris region higher education authorities back down from imposing cap on growing first-year student numbers.

A witness recorded the scene on a metro platform where the African migrant was searched and forced to remove his artificial legs and left in his underpants.

Police unions call a national protest on Wednesday over accusations of their violent behaviour during recent demonstrations against labour law reforms.

The former Charlie Hebdo contributor, who set up his own satyrical magazine after he was fired for alleged anti-Semitism, was suffering from cancer.

The UK-registered Audi was chased by Belgian police across border into France where its four occupents, reportedly Iraqis, were shot at and arrested.

Thomas Piquemal, who resigned in March over plan to build nuclear plant in UK, told French parliament it carries a 'major construction risk'.

An audit ordered by safety watchdog revealed anomalies in 400 reactor parts, some still in service, raising suspicion of falsified documents.

The French president said he would reject Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership 'at this stage' because he was against unregulated free trade.