Europe France The National Assembly adopted the finance bill after several days of heated debate, with the text containing topics including the abolition of the audiovisual tax, the fuel rebate and the renationalisation of EDF
Europe France Firefighters are battling blazes that have destroyed thousands of hectares of forest this week, while hundreds of families have been preventively displaced; in Arcachon only, two wildfires have devoured over 10.000 hectares
Europe France The Ministry of Economy has confirmed the end of the €38 ceiling for meal vouchers, which will be reduced to €19 from today; the measure was adopted in June 2020 to support restaurateurs
Europe France In a joint communiqué, three railway unions, CGT-Cheminots, SUD-Rail and CFDT, called a strike for 6 July to demand a general wage increase and the mobilisation of railway workers
Europe France The use of Google Analytics is not legal without a new agreement to replace the EU-US data processing agreement, French data watchdog CNIL clarified on its website, also shutting down hopes that it could be reconfigured to allow data transfer to the US
Europe France The new French Minister of Health, Brigitte Bourguignon, has declared that she will continue the fight against long-Covid initiated by her predecessor, while Brussels recommends part-time work for those with persistent Covid-related symptoms
Europe France The 75th Cannes Film Festival closed yesterday, opened by the screening of Coupez! by Michel Hazanavicius, finally with a party mood and a jury of stars and awarded Swedish director Ruben Östlund with his second Golden Palm
Europe France According to a Waiting to Access Innovative Therapies study by the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations, in France it takes an average of 497 days for a new treatment approved by the European Medicines Agency to actually reach
Europe France Most unions at Amazon France rejected a proposal by the company for 2022 pay, with the exception of one management union, but no immediate protest actions are planned
Europe France The run-off between Macron and Le Pen, candidates for the presidency of France, takes place today; Le Pen has agreed to sanctions against Putin, but 'not to the Russian gas stop'
Europe France With the results of the first round of the French presidential election, politicians from Spain, Germany and Italy issued strong statements against the far-right Marine Le Pen, warning that the second round will be a vote for Europe or for Putin
Europe France France's Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs said the country has decided to expel "many" Russian diplomats, "whose activities are contrary to our security interests"
Europe France President Macron wants to bring forward France's retirement age to 65, with the finance minister admitting it is a "risk" for the president seeking re-election, but that it is necessary to strengthen and protect France's social system