Topic: France 🇫🇷

The French Competition Authority fined Apple €150 million on Monday over its app tracking privacy feature, criticising it as "unnecessary" and "disproportionate" to its stated goal of protecting user data. The feature is also under scrutiny in four other European countries.

A French court has banned far-right leader Marine Le Pen from holding public office for five years with immediate effect after finding her guilty of misusing EU funds through a fake jobs scam. The verdict rules out her running in the 2027 presidential race, unless she successfully appeals beforehan...

France's Minister for Overseas Territories, Manuel Valls, is on a four-day New Caledonia to support efforts to shape the archipelago’s future, as fresh negotiations aim to bridge political divides and foster stability.

A French court on Monday will deliver its verdict on far-right leader Marine Le Pen’s role in an alleged fake jobs scam at the EU parliament. A guilty verdict could bar her from standing for president in 2027, following a ruling by France's top court that removing an elected official from office ...

Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot has secured a temporary reprieve for French cognac makers during his visit to China, delaying additional customs duties for three months.

An Ifop study shows that many French people do not feel safe when walking during hunting season. They also want the hunting season to be shortened, and the majority support a ban on hunting with hounds. 

Since May 2024, an inquiry group of MPs at France's National Assembly has been tasked with identifying sexual harassment and assault on film sets in France. The committee has put forward proposals for new legislation to tackle the issue – for example, introducing intimacy coordinators on sets.

From keeping up to date with your taxes and social charges, to the December bill that may take you by surprise, and added bureaucratic hoops for getting a loan or mortgage - freelance journalist James Harrington shares what he has learned about being self-employed in France.

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen and her eight co-defendants have been found guilty of embezzlement, and the court has imposed a ban on holding public office - to take effect immediately.

If you're at a loss for how to narrow down the best French dishes, the French public might be able to help you. Here are France's favourite traditional dishes, and culinary regions, to taste and visit, plus some tips on finding a reliable restaurant.

Marine Le Pen was on Monday barred from holding political office as a French court found her and eight co-defendants guilty of embezzlement - so what next for her, and for French politics?

Virgin Group, the conglomerate founded by British entrepreneur Richard Branson, said on Monday it is a step closer to starting a cross-Channel train service to rival Eurostar after action by UK regulators.