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Justice minister backs land reform to help descendents of slaves, two days after President Hollande declared reparations for slavery impossible.

A second person has become infected with the new deadly SARs-like coronavirus after sharing a hospital room with country’s first sufferer.

Government  ministers have been accused of sabotaging the French language by relaxing a ban on English being used in French universities.

Racism watchdog group says it will file a legal suit against French state-owned bank Caisse des Depots over its role in the slave trade in Haiti.

Sarkozy's former prime minister tells journalists 'I'll be a candidate no matter what' in opposition contest to be chosen for 2017 presidential election.

Authorities say a Frenchman diagnosed with a new, deadly SARS-like virus known as coronavirus may have infected two other people.

Muslims in France to end almost 1,400 years of Islamic tradition and use astronomy to determine start of Ramadan and other Islamic holidays.

France’s bank holidays - there are four in May - attacked for fuelling economic downturn as study shows fewer days off would save country money.

Cour des Comptes says guard, which protects president and his palace, is too expensive and would be unable to resist a terrorist attack in Paris.

French President Francois Hollande speaks about the continuing need for compromise between France and Germany.