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Amid the doom and gloom about France’s political crisis and the public deficit, our guest maintains that the country is still economically attractive and still the…

French children under 15 should be banned from social media and there should be an overnight “digital curfew” for 15-18 year olds, a parliamentary commission has…

A French lawmaker has asked the state prosecutor for a criminal investigation into whether TikTok was responsible for “endangering the lives” of its young users.Arthur Delaporte,…

My grandparents love to travel, and the next trip on their calendar is a riverboat cruise from Paris all around northern France. Their vacation is right…

Megha MohanBBC World Service gender and identity correspondentJamie McCarthy/Getty ImagesMelinda French Gates has pledged a total of $1bn for women’s careBillionaire philanthropist Melinda French Gates has…

Summary of the day so farIt has just gone 3pm in Paris. Here is a summary of the day so far: Sébastien Lecornu, picked by president…

Protesters clashed with police in Paris, where garbage bins were set alight, as the government deployed an unprecedented 80,000 officers for a nationwide day of action…

President Emmanuel Macron has named close ally Sébastien Lecornu as new French prime minister, 24 hours after a vote of confidence ousted François Bayrou as head…

France’s parliament looks likely to remove Prime Minister François Bayrou on Monday, following only nine months in office, after the PM surprised even his own allies…

French Prime Minister François Bayrou faces a confidence vote on Monday, which he is expected to lose, plunging the euro zone’s second largest economy deeper into…