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Many Champagne producers are opponents of EU rule which should open up new French wine regions for first time in nearly a century.

The £1.1 million migrant centre will be built near existing shanty town at Grande-Synthe, just five miles from the ferry port at Dunkirk.

Hollande said he was 'proud' of the 'solidarity and composure' shown by fellow citizens during year marked by deadly terrorist attacks.

French capital abandons traditional firework display on Champs Elysées, calling in no fewer than 11,000 police to patrol the festivities.

Suspect held over 'rapes, attempted rapes and sexual assaults' on 34 women aged from 27 to 72 in forest near Paris from 1995 to 2001.

Some 86% of public back constitutional change to allow French citizenship to be taken from bi-nationals if convicted of terrorist offences.

Charaffe el Mouadan was said to be a 'direct link' to Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the Paris attacks cell leader, according to US military official.

Members of ruling party want key committee to rule that President Hollande and Prime Minister Valls's idea is against its principles.

Call to detect false Syrian passports comes after two of the suicide bombers in the Paris attacks were found to be carrying such documents.

Murder of 9 journalists in attack on magazine left France second only to Syria in annual list of world's deadliest countries for journalists.