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    • Wednesday, 15 November, 2023
      Rise in French unemployment delivers setback for Macron

      President’s ambitions to hit 5% rate dented by rise in joblessness among younger workers and women

      Emmanuel Macron
    • Tuesday, 14 November, 2023
      EDF
      France strikes deal with EDF over power price curbs

      Agreement comes as European countries seek to avoid repeat of energy price explosion that followed Ukraine invasion

      The Gravelines nuclear power plant at Nord in France
    • Wednesday, 8 November, 2023
      Credit Agricole SA
      Crédit Agricole warns of slowdown in mortgage demand in France

      Country’s biggest mortgage lender rejects criticism that banks are holding back

      Pedestrians in front of a Credit Agricole bank branch
    • Sunday, 22 October, 2023
      Atos SE
      Saving Atos: Jean-Pierre Mustier handed one of France’s messiest rescue missions

      Former UniCredit boss steps into governance and political quagmire to turn around indebted tech contractor

      Montage of Bertrand Meunier, Jean-Pierre Mustier and Thierry Breton
    • Monday, 16 October, 2023
      France ready to accelerate spending cuts as it battles persistent deficits

      Finance minister Bruno Le Maire’s remarks come amid criticism of sluggish effort to curb government borrowing

      Bruno Le Maire
    • Sunday, 8 October, 2023
      EU energy
      France urges swift deal on EU power reform to counter US subsidies

      Energy minister says bloc will lose out to Biden’s IRA if Paris and Berlin fail to resolve differences over nuclear power

      French energy minister Agnès Pannier-Runacher, left, at France’s Bugey nuclear power station
    • Thursday, 28 September, 2023
      France looks at windfall levy to ‘take back control’ of energy prices

      President Emmanuel Macron signals plans for new law aimed at containing electricity prices

      Emmanuel Macron wearing an EDF hard hat
    • Wednesday, 27 September, 2023
      France unveils modest spending cuts for next year

      Paris is moving slower than other EU capitals in curbing its budget deficit and public debt

      Finance minister Bruno Le Maire in Paris on Wednesday
    • Tuesday, 29 August, 2023
      Visitors to France to spend record sum in boon for tourism industry

      Travellers to fork out as much as €67bn this year in latest sign of post-pandemic rebound in global travel

      Tourists peruse market stalls on the banks of the Seine
    • Sunday, 27 August, 2023
      France to pay farmers €200mn for destroying wine surplus

      Winemakers told they must ‘adapt’ as demand falls among French drinkers and sales drop in China

      A woman picking grapes
    • Friday, 11 August, 2023
      French statistics office sinks myth of a cruise ship’s economic rescue

      Delivery of €1bn-plus vessel was widely credited with stronger than expected economic growth in the second quarter

      The MSC Euribia cruise ship sets sail from Amsterdam to Copenhagen
    • Tuesday, 1 August, 2023
      Atos SE
      Křetínský in talks to buy unit of ailing French tech group Atos

      Paris has been closely following restructuring efforts of group that provides information systems for military

      Daniel Křetínský
    • Friday, 28 July, 2023
      Falling German and French inflation feeds hopes of halt to ECB rate rises

      Figures offer relief ahead of publication of price data for wider eurozone on Monday

      A customer at a fresh produce stall in Metz, France
    • Sunday, 16 July, 2023
      Casino Guichard-Perrachon SA
      Křetínský set to win battle for Casino after rivals drop out

      Revised offer would lead to €1.2bn equity injection in debt-laden French supermarket

    • Tuesday, 4 July, 2023
      Inside BusinessPatrick Jenkins
      Macron’s wooing of bankers risks adding to societal tensions

      The expansion of France’s financial sector magnifies the gulf between the haves and have-nots

      Montage of Paris skyline with riot police
    • Wednesday, 14 June, 2023
      Interview
      Le Maire pledges to put France’s finances back on track with spending cuts

      Commitments come after economy narrowly avoids ratings downgrade

      Bruno Le Maire, France’s finance minister
    • Friday, 9 June, 2023
      Food Prices
      Food producers agree to cut prices in France after government pressure

      Finance minister Bruno Le Maire says 75 groups will make reductions in line with falling wholesale costs

      A fruit and vegetable stall at a market in Nice
    • Thursday, 8 June, 2023
      Retail sector
      Debt-laden French supermarket Casino ends deal talks with Teract

      Trio including Xavier Niel prepare new rescue plan to compete with Czech billionaire Daniel Křetínský

      Casino shopping trolleys
    • Wednesday, 31 May, 2023
      Eurozone inflation
      Falling German and French inflation lifts hopes of an end to eurozone rate rises

      German bonds rally and euro falls against dollar as investors react to further signs of cooling price pressures

      Shoppers in a French supermarket
    • Tuesday, 16 May, 2023
      France in push to promote homegrown green industry

      Macron seeks to introduce subsidy tweaks and tax credits that would help environment and boost jobs

      An employee working on an electric vehicle on the assembly line at Renault’s factory in Flins, France
    • Tuesday, 16 May, 2023
      European banks
      French authorities seek €2.5bn from banks over tax fraud probe

      France for the first time gives figure for the losses from so-called cum-cum trades

      Gabriel Attal, the minister for the budget
    • Thursday, 4 May, 2023
      News in-depthFinancial services
      Paris shaking off ‘backwater’ tag as international banks expand

      French capital is gaining momentum as a financial hub, but it still lags behind London in size

      A city worker during the morning commute in Place Vendome, the location of the new JPMorgan EU headquarters, in Paris, France
    • Saturday, 29 April, 2023
      Fitch cites civil unrest in downgrade of France’s credit rating

      Rating agency warns pensions reform battle could thwart efforts to improve public finances

    • Friday, 7 April, 2023
      News in-depthLuxury goods
      Wanted: people who can learn to make €22,000 handbags

      Luxury groups face talent crunch despite booming demand as older craftspeople leave industry

      A leather goods workshop in Pantin, one of 21 that Hermès has throughout France
    • Sunday, 19 March, 2023
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      Macron’s pension reform muddle

      No matter the merits of his plan, France’s president erred in using special powers

      Protesters holding signs with Macron’s face on them
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