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French interior minister says the six arrested in Strasbourg are suspected of participating in a jihadist network, and recently traveled to Syria.

Bank of France predicts growth in French economy of just 0.2% in second quarter of 2014, the same as in the first three months of the year.

Though US wants France to delay or scrap €1.2 billion contract, French officials say ending contact would harm Paris more than Moscow.

Opposition say Christiane Taubira should resign for likening singing along with French national anthem to performing 'karaoke'. 

Vincent Maraval says 'incestuous relationship' between French 'media and political elites' makes it impossible to make films on 'current affairs'.

Poll shows 55 per cent of public are in favour of abolishing the general councils that govern France’s historic departments.

Organisation attacks the 'crucial role' played by the banking industry in propping up slavery in France as nation marks Slavery Remembrance Day.

French president says deal over sale of two Mistral warships was signed back in 2011 and will be completed in October despite Ukraine crisis.

France's Francois Hollande and German chancellor Angela Merkel hint at tougher sanctions if presidential elections on May 25 do not take place.

A handful of right-wing French politicians have threatened to mar the commemoration, equating the day to a form of 'self-flagellation'.