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France Politics
Paris read from the documents: the Assembly, the government, the budget and the 2027 presidential race, with every claim checked against the record.
- Politics
France's Curfews: Four Cities, Four Sets of Rules
Paris, Lyon, Lille and Nice each set different hours and covered different people. The questions are who decides, for how long, and what the measure is expected to achieve.
- Economy
France: 595 Stations Dry and Diesel at 2.364 Euros
One filling station in six lacked at least one fuel on Sunday morning, and diesel averaged 11.4 cents above the 2.25 euro diesel cap TotalEnergies set in July.
- Politics
France: 997 Officers Hurt in One Day, 93 in Twenty in 2005
One day in 2026 against twenty days in 2005: 2,397 arrests now, nearly 2,800 then. The injury counts are not clearly comparable.
- Economy
Is Europe's Economic Decline a Failure, or the Plan?
Debt, inflation, industry, a digital euro and new cash limits, set against the official explanations from Brussels and Frankfurt.
- Politics
Same Murder Rate, Different Count: El Salvador and France
82 versus 975 looks like a gap of twelve. Divide by population and the two official rates are 1.36 and 1.41. Then read what each country leaves out.
- Politics
France Votes a Founders Tax 25 to 23 as RN Abstains
Vote 8876: 71 deputies out of 577 took part, and the RN abstained for the second time that day.
- Politics
France Taxes Crypto Swaps by One Vote as RN Abstains
Vote 8836 passed by a single vote: 25 RN abstentions and one deputy who says she meant to vote against.
- Politics
The Assembly Kills the Retiree Tax Break Cut, €1.4B Included
The cap would have fallen from €4,439 to €3,000. Deputies said no, 116 to 30, and no replacement saving is on the table yet.
- Politics
Dear French Friends, the Numbers Say You Are in Denial
OECD wages, IMF output, the tax wedge, ER stretchers and the carbon bill: a France to United States comparison the French debate keeps avoiding.
- Politics
France's Duralex Is Saved. Its 10,523 Small Savers Are Not
The taxpayer comes back to the table, the patriotic savers leave with a souvenir, and the gas furnace keeps eating a fifth of the revenue.
- Politics
France: Lagarde May Leave the ECB for Davos Before the Vote
Four sources say the Davos board could elect Lagarde on November 2. Her early exit would let EU leaders choose the next ECB president before France votes.
- Politics
France: Le Pen, Ferrand and the 1962 Referendum Ruling
Richard Ferrand says revising the Constitution by referendum under Article 11 does not exist. In 1962 his own court said it had no power over a law the people voted.
- Politics
France Votes to Send Brussels €30.9 Billion in 2027
Deputies approved the payment 111 to 93. The budget's own rapporteur admitted that deleting the article would not change France's legal obligation to pay.
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