Catch up with news headlines from France

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HERE is a look back over the past few days at what has been making the headlines in France. For a daily update see the French news page.

Christine Lagarde: French model on the world stage - The Guardian
France's economy minister believes her country's financial system helped it out of recession.

Pierre Lellouche's views on the Tories and the EU were not lost in translation - The Guardian
French minister's spokesman blamed my poor grasp of French. But interview was conducted in English

France to be at centre of Renault’s electric car strategy - Energy Efficiency News
Carmaker Renault has announced that it is to produce its zero-emission electric city car at its Flins plant outside Paris.

Nicolas Sarkozy on €21,000 a month - The Connexion
Figures revealed in parliament show the French president earns €21,133 gross per month, before deduction of social charges.

Seamstress takes on might of Chanel over crochet pattern - The Guardian
Carmen Colle, a former social worker who founded an ethical clothing company to provide employment for refugees, is waging a legal battle against Chanel over a crochet pattern which she claims was copied by designers at Rue Cambon.

French security guard drives off with 10m euros - Telegraph
French police are searching for the driver of an armoured car carrying more than 10 million euros (£8.9m) which disappeared for several hours before being discovered abandoned without the money.

Classic car enthusiasts battle for the survival of Linas-Montlhéry - RFI
The Linas-Montlhéry race track opened in 1924 and is located 24 kilometres south of Paris. It is one of France’s most famous race circuits, although a lack of maintenance at the oval-shaped track has threatened its existence.

Europe's tallest peak is shrinking - RFI
The highest peak in Europe, Mont Blanc in the Alps, is slowly shrinking according to an official survey. The new height of the mountain, which lies on the three-way border between France, Italy and Switzerland, is now 4,810,45 metres - 45 centimetres shorter than two years ago.

France plans to cut powerful judges down to size - AP
President Nicolas Sarkozy's government is drawing up a reform plan to do away with investigating judges, a two-century-old Napoleonic legacy, and give more power to prosecutors.

Petition claims Paris nightlife is dying - The Guardian
Musicians and venues say regulation is strangling the French capital's cultural scene.