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Children are living in appalling conditions near Calais. While many are familiar with the situation for migrants and refugees in Calais itself, few know about the smaller settlements out in the countryside, and the young unaccompanied children who are living in sodden trenches, far from any facilities. “In fields near... Read more →
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FRANCE has said it will undertake checks of passengers at airports who have come from countries hit by Ebola. President Francois Hollande made the announcement after holding a video conference with Barack Obama, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, British Prime Minister David Cameron and Italian premier Matteo Renzi to discuss the... Read more →
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Ségolène Royal évoque la possibilité d'une... by rtl-fr ECOLOGY minister, Ségolène Royal, wants to see a 10% cut in the price of autoroute fees, as well as making them free to use at weekends. Speaking on RTL, the minister said that prices were too high and that autoroute companies could... Read more →
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Consumer price index (IPC) and Core inflation (ISJ) – year-on-year changes THE inflation rate in France is down to its lowest level in almost five years, with statistics body INSEE saying lower energy prices are behind the fall. Consumer prices in the eurozone's second-largest economy fell 0.4% in September from... Read more →
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Farmers turn out to support police in a protest against the migrant situation in Calais. pic.twitter.com/toa97sDsMh— Simon Jones (@SimonJonesNews) October 13, 2014 THE roads around Calais were brought to a halt today as local people were joined by police in protesting about the number of migrants staying around the town.... Read more →
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61 years old, French Jean Tirole @UT1Capitole, 1/1 #nobelprize2014 in Economic Sciences pic.twitter.com/W7tQ002ngW— The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) October 13, 2014 Jean Tirole has won the Nobel prize for economics 2014. Staffan Normark, permanent secretary of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, announced that the French economics professor had won the... Read more →
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THE recently appointed French economy minister, Emmanuel Macron, has outlined his plans for a 'New Deal' style investment project for Europe. Speaking to the Journal du Dimanche newspaper, the minister said a 300 billion euro pot should be created that would allow France and others to undertake spending projects. Emmanuel... Read more →
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George Osborne is to announce on Monday that the government is selling its 40% stake in Eurostar before the election. The chancellor will say he is looking for bids by the end of the month and is hopeful the privatisation of the Channel tunnel train operator will raise up to... Read more →
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FRENCH people have requested that more than 89,000 links be removed from Google's search listings under the recently introduced 'right to be forgotten' legislation. In its latest European Privacy report Google said that it received 29,140 requests from France for a total of 89,277 URLs to be removed from its... Read more →
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France is set to become the latest nation to ban single-use plastic bags in shops following a vote in the National Assembly Friday on a wide-ranging Energy Transition bill. The ban will come into force in 2016 if the bill is approved by the Senate, although it will not apply... Read more →
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