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A well-liked figure on the Left and Right, but Attal faces being president’s lightning rod
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 5 months agoAt 39, Emmanuel Macron was France’s youngest head of state since Napoleon Bonaparte. At 34, Gabriel...
Frédéric Mitterrand Dies: Flamboyant, Controversial Former French Culture Minister With A Passion...
Deadline via Yahoo News· 2 months agoFormer French Culture Minister Frédéric Mitterrand, who was a high-profile and sometimes...
80 Years After D-Day, France Examines the Trauma of Allied Bombings
The Wall Street Journal· 15 hours agoEUROPE NEWS SAINT-LÔ, France—On the evening of June 6, 1944, U.S. bombers appeared in the skies over...
Call for Eurostar to face competition as Channel Tunnel turns 30
Press Association News via AOL· 1 month agoAn international rail travel expert has called for Eurostar to face direct competition, as the...
Five things you should know about France's young, openly gay prime minister
Reuters via Yahoo News· 5 months agoPARIS (Reuters) -Emmanuel Macron appointed 34-year-old Education Minister Gabriel Attal as his new...
Europe’s centre left struggles to hold back surge from right
BBC via Yahoo News· 10 hours agoSpain's Pedro Sánchez joined Italian centre-left leader Elly Schlein in Rome ahead of the campaign...
France's spectacular abbey Mont-Saint-Michel celebrates 1,000th birthday
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFrance’s beloved abbey of Mont-Saint-Michel has reached a ripe old age. The millennial of the UNESCO...
Is France’s 'Most Beautiful Village’ Really All That?
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 11 months agoCourtesy of Destination LuberonDuring his presidency half a century ago, François Mitterrand had a...
France stands as a chilling warning for the UK today
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 1 week agoLike many undecided British voters today (and quite a few exasperated Tory ones), I recall what it felt like after two decades of increasingly...
France's waning influence in coup-hit Africa appears clear while few remember their former colonizer
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 9 months agoWhen Gabon’s longtime leader was detained in the latest coup in Africa last week, France condemned...