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France’s Hollande to discuss BNP fine with Obama

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French president says he will raise issue with US president who is flying in for talks in Paris ahead of Friday's D-Day commemorations.

D-Day warmth belies tensions in US-France ties

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Row over sale of warships to Russia and US fine for French bank have cooled relations ahead of presidential meeting on Normandy beach.

The man who prepared France for D-Day

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Soldier Jean-Louis Cremieux-Brilhac wrote up the invasion instructions for the French people that were broadcast via the BBC.

France 'should give Snowden asylum' urges petition

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Prominent figures including a former prime minister have backed calls for the American whistleblower to be given refuge by French government.

French Sahara hostage appeals in video for negotiated release

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Serge Lazarevic, who was captured two years ago by Al Qaeda's North African wing AQIM, called for help from President Hollande.

BNP Paribas '$10bn' US fine unreasonable, says France

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Foreign minister Laurent Fabius said proposed fine for alleged sanctions busting by French bank was an 'unfair and unilateral decision'.

France redraws regional boundaries in great map revolution

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The number of French regions is to be cut from 22 to 14 in a reform that looks set to attract strong opposition on both the Left and Right.

Brussels casts doubt on France’s deficit reduction strategy

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Commission says reform programme unveiled by President François Hollande in January had 'insufficient' detail to match its ambitions.

France arrests four over suspected Syria jihadist ring

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The four were detained in Marseille over allegations that they have been helping to recruit volunteers for radical Islamist networks in Syria.

A new French revolution is about to rip apart the EU

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France is coming close to one of its periodic political 'explosions' that will profoundly re-shape the EU, argues British economist Roger Bootle.