France is facing a major debt crisis. So why is it spending billions each year to subsidize businesses? | Alexander Hurst
As someone who has always opposed austerity, I find France’s situation puzzling. The country has a national debt of 114%…
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France on the edge: how an economic dispute escalated into a political crisis
France is in economic uncertainty, lacking a budget and possibly soon without a government. Prime Minister François Bayrou has called…
Back to the future: a 13th-century castle built by hand in France
In the summer of 1999, in a disused quarry deep in the forests of Burgundy, a dozen or so oddly…
French President Emmanuel Macron condemned "antisemitic hatred" after a memorial tree honoring a Holocaust victim was vandalized.
The destruction of an olive tree planted in memory of a young French Jewish man who was tortured to death…
Man faces legal trouble for lighting cigarette from French war memorial flame
A French minister has announced legal action against an unidentified man seen lighting a cigarette from the eternal flame at…
No matter what French Muslims do—whether we're footballers, journalists, or fashion icons—we're always seen as the enemy within.
Being a Muslim in France, a country with a deep colonial past that has also faced terrorist attacks carried out…