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French PM to present 2025 budget to cabinet
French PM to present 2025 budget to cabinet

French PM to present 2025 budget to cabinet

France's Prime Minister Michel Barnier will hold a cabinet meeting this Thursday where he'll unveil his budget plan for 2025. His bid to reduce the deficit from 6.1 percent of GDP will…
2 months ago
French mass rape trial shocks the nation
French mass rape trial shocks the nation

French mass rape trial shocks the nation

For nearly 10 years, her husband, Dominique Pelicot, routinely drugged his wife and invited scores of strangers to join him in raping her, often filming the encounters. In waiving her right to…
3 months ago
Are the French happy?
Are the French happy?

Are the French happy?

French natives are less happy than other Europeans, whether they live in France or outside. By contrast, immigrants are not less happy in France than they are elsewhere in Europe, but their…
3 months ago
The long wait for a new French prime minister
The long wait for a new French prime minister

The long wait for a new French prime minister

Alison Sargent is joined by French politics and history professor Andrew Knapp to discuss France's ongoing political deadlock. Nearly two months after snap parliamentary elections, President Emmanuel Macron has yet to name…
4 months ago
Business unusual: What's on French bosses' minds?
Business unusual: What's on French bosses' minds?

Business unusual: What’s on French bosses’ minds?

After a summer of Olympic fever, it's back to business in France. But uncertainty dominates after snap elections earlier this summer returned a hung parliament. As suspense continues over who will be…
4 months ago