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EU warns France over ‘excessive’ deficit

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Rebuke for breaking European Union rules that require strict financial discipline comes two weeks before French voters head to the polls for parliamentary elections.

Macron accused of being transphobic

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French president faces criticism after calling self-identification laws proposed by radical left La France Insoumise party ‘completely ludicrous’.

Youths in France accused of raping 12-year-old Jewish girl

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French authorities say two adolescent boys are under investigation for the rape of a 12-year-old girl and religion-motivated violence.

Why football star Mbappé is speaking out on French elections

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“Extremes are at the gates of power,” the France captain warned during a pre-match press conference.

French far right: We won’t govern without absolute majority

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Jordan Bardella's says a minority government would require seeking coalition partners, making governance an uphill battle.

Iconic French actress Anouk Aimée dies aged 92

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She appeared in European masterpieces such as Federico Fellini's La Dolce Vita and A Man and A Woman by Claude Lelouch.

Former French president Hollande to stand in elections

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Former French socialist president François Hollande, 69, has announced he will stand in snap general elections for the leftwing coalition, the New Popular Front, in his political fiefdom of Tulle, south-west France.

French football federation red cards election talk at Euro 2024

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Following comments at a press conference by the France national football team forward Marcus Thuram, who urged people in France to "fight daily" to prevent the far-right from gaining power in snap elections called by Emmanuel Macron, the French football federation has asked the media not to ask questions about political affairs during the Euro 2024 competition being played in Germany.

French leftwing parties agree on coalition programme

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The socialists, communists, radical-left and greeens have formed a coalition 'New Popular Front', a reference to the 1936-1938 alliance of the Left, and will field candidates in all 577 parliamentary constituencies in the snap elections called by Emmanuel Macron for June 30th and July 7th, when the far-right hopes to gain an absolute majority in the National Assembly.

French pop star and fashion muse Françoise Hardy dies aged 80

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Françoise Hardy, one of France's most popular and talented singers, who first found fame in France and abroad in the early 1960s, has died at the age of 80.