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A French doctors' union has called on its members to refuse off-duty calls over the Christmas holiday period in a protest at working conditions.

Managers were shown a motivational video featuring a parody in which Adolf Hitler is portrayed as the boss of rival Deutsche Bank.

Reports say France could get an extra year cut its public deficits below the target limit of 3 percent of GDP, while Spain could get longer.

Election of a socialist government was cited as main reason why French divisions of US businesses see country as less attactive to do business.

The businessman has bought one of the country’s most important regional press groups, raising suspicions over his political and business agenda.

The French economy contracted towards the end of 2012 and will barely grow in the first half of next year says national statistics agency Insee.

President Francois Hollande acknowledged France's colonization of Algeria had been "brutal and unfair" but stopped short of making an apology.

Ministers hail it as model for the rest of Europe as critics say it falls short of president's campaign pledge to get tough with financial sector.

Judges reject request by former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn to drop sex offence inquiry relating to suspected prostitution ring in Lille.

In the first case of its kind in France a court has found a psychiatrist guilty of involuntary homicide over a murder committed by one of her patients.