French court fines Uber for running illegal transport service
PARIS — A French court fined ride-hailing service Uber Thursday for running an illegal transport business using non-professional drivers — the UberPop service that was halted last year. The Paris court...
View ArticleTerrorism, thugs and trash: France’s Euro 2016 headaches
PARIS — Garbage stinking up the streets of French cities during a global sporting event? That’s nothing. As hundreds of thousands of football fans converge on France for the Euro 2016 football...
View ArticleFrench In the loop June 13: L’Euro 2016, la fronde sociale, et le match...
Cette semaine, Pierre Briançon et Nicholas Vinocur parlent alcool et hooliganisme pendant l’Euro 2016, de la fronde sociale, et du match Sarkozy-Juppé.
View ArticleFrench unions plan ‘last gasp’ protest during Euro 2016
PARIS — French unions vow to stage a “huge” protest in Paris Tuesday against plans to reform labor rules — but rivals said the rally might be a last gasp for protesters. Philippe Martinez, head of the...
View ArticleHollande: Police officer and wife slaying ‘indisputably a terrorist act’
A man claiming allegiance to the Islamic State group who killed a French police officer and his partner in their home west of Paris Monday night, left behind a hit list naming journalists, rappers,...
View ArticleNicolas Sarkozy’s rivals break cover, end presidential truce
PARIS — The knives are out for former French President Nicolas Sarkozy — and nobody is gripping the dagger more tightly than François Fillon, his former prime minister. For weeks, rivals have accused...
View ArticleFrench government, union fail to agree on labor reform after violent protest
PARIS — France’s Socialist government refused Friday to accept union demands to scrap a controversial labor reform, two days after a major protest against it turned violent and caused damage to a...
View ArticleFrançois Hollande to face left-wing primary test
PARIS — François Hollande will almost certainly have to compete in a primary election to pick a left-wing candidate for France’s presidency in 2017 — an unprecedented shift that reflects his extreme...
View ArticleFrench In the Loop June 21: François Hollande, du face à face Valls-Martinez,...
Cette semaine, Pierre Briançon et Nicholas Vinocur parlent de la primaire sur mesure de François Hollande, du face à face Valls-Martinez, et de l’intervention de Macron dans le débat sur le Brexit.
View ArticleParis mayor picks fight with Amazon over fast delivery
PARIS — U.S. online retailer Amazon was happily taking over the world city by city — until it crossed paths with Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo. Trained in fighting U.S. web giants from previous battles with...
View ArticleEt nous? Where France’s big newspapers stand on Brexit
When Britain’s biggest newspapers came out for or against Brexit, their views were news in themselves. But what of the press across the Channel? Whether Britain stays or leaves, its EU neighbors will...
View ArticleEuropean Parliament docks Jean-Marie Le Pen’s pay
PARIS — The European Parliament has slapped far-right French MEP Jean-Marie Le Pen with a €320,000 fine over alleged misuse of staff resources and docked his salary due to failure to pay up, several...
View ArticleBRITAIN VOTES TO LEAVE EU
Britain voted to leave the European Union Thursday, setting in motion a historic divorce from the continent that raised questions about the future of the soon-to-be 27-member bloc, prompted British...
View ArticleBoris Johnson can’t have it both ways, says French Socialist leader
Former London Mayor Boris Johnson and other Brexiteers need to get real about what they have done and quickly sign divorce papers with the European Union, a prominent French Socialist MP said Friday....
View ArticleMeet the (divided) committee to save Europe
BERLIN — To appreciate how unprepared Europe’s leaders were for the outcome of the U.K. referendum, look no further than the past 48 hours. Europe’s de facto leader didn’t hop a plane to Brussels or...
View ArticleFrench In the loop June 27: du choc post-Brexit et du malaise franco-allemand
Cette semaine, Pierre Briançon et Nicholas Vinocur parlent du choc post-Brexit, du malaise franco-allemand et de la nouvelle passion pour le référendum en France, décliné à toutes les sauces.
View ArticleReferendum fever sweeps EU after Brexit
PARIS — Enjoy the Brexit show? If the Euroskeptics get their way, you can look forward to repeats across Europe as they seek to cash in on referendum fever. In the hours after the vote, the response...
View ArticleThe French Right’s plan to save Europe: More France
PARIS — With Europe in crisis, much of the EU is looking to its de facto leaders, French President François Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, for answers on how to fix the bloc and fend off...
View ArticleFrance threatens to ditch EU rules on cross-border workers
PARIS — France will no longer apply EU rules on workers sent to work abroad in the bloc unless the European Commission adapts the legislation to crack down on “social dumping,” French Prime Minister...
View ArticleFrench lawmakers urge security overhaul after Paris attack failures
PARIS — French lawmakers pressed Tuesday for a sweeping overhaul of their country’s security and intelligence agencies, after a six-month probe into the handling of terrorist attacks in Paris uncovered...
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