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General Francois Lecointre says European Union should provide equipment from uniforms to vehicles and communications technology.

Minister Arnaud Montebourg blasts Maurice Taylor's "insulting" note as "extremist" and "demonstrating a "perfect ignorance of our country". 

French national rail operator SNCF is offering a new low-cost long-distance service to passengers, in bid to compete with budget airlines and cars.

The head of US tyremaker Titan has mocked French workers and told ministers his company would be "stupid" to take over a troubled French factory.

President François Hollande says a paratrooper with the French Foreign Legion has been killed in clashes during ongoing operation.

President Hollande says the seven belong to the same family and are said to have been seized by a "known terrorist group based in Nigeria".

President Hollande conceded France will miss its 0.8 percent 2013 target, after foreign minister said growth could be less than half that level.

France has caught up with Japan in the number of restaurants having three Michelin stars in this year's edition of the celebrated food guide.

The country's highest court is to decide whether to give two allegedly tuberculosis-infected elephants a stay of execution after a public outcry.

Berlin favors a stronger euro, but France's president says the single currency’s heady rise on the foreign exchanges needs to be brought under control.