The French authorities, which owns a stake in European aviation large Airbus, needs the corporate to reduce pressured layoffs after it introduced plans to slash 15,000 jobs within the wake of the coronavirus disaster. ...

French President Emmanuel Macron has introduced the subsequent stage of easing coronavirus restrictions in a televised deal with, two weeks forward of delayed native elections which don't look promising for his celebration. The president tried to lighten the temper of his fellow residents by telling them France enters the “Inexperienced ...

An investigation has been launched into former French President Valery Giscard d’Estaing after a German journalist accused the ex-leader – who's in his 90s – of repeatedly groping her after an interview in 2018. ...

The mayor of Good has urged French PM Edouard Philippe to introduce new journey controls in the course of the Covid-19 pandemic by means of “well being passports” within the elements of France which border different international locations. ...

The outbreak of the coronavirus in France has little to do with circumstances imported from China or Italy, as one other pressure of the illness of unknown origin had already been infecting folks within the nation, analysis claims. ...

The Dutch authorities will present as much as f€four billion in emergency coronavirus support to the KLM flagship air service. Its guardian firm, Air France-KLM, may even obtain €7 billion from the French authorities. ...

The coronavirus pandemic and the journey restrictions that got here with it have severely decreased the availability of unlawful medication getting into France, sending costs skyrocketing and customers turning to cheaper alternate options. ...

Devi Sridhar, a well being knowledgeable at present guiding Scotland's response to the COVID-19 outbreak, says that officers have 'no selection' however to cancel the Tour de France given the numerous danger to public well being it represents. ...

Organizers of the Cannes Worldwide Movie Competition haven't but given up on holding it “a method or one other” this summer time, however have conceded it will likely be unimaginable in “its unique type,” as a consequence of prolonged coronavirus lockdowns. ...

France is more likely to see its worst post-war financial slowdown this yr as a result of coronavirus pandemic, a lot worse than it confronted in 2009 after the worldwide monetary disaster, mentioned the nation’s Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire. ...