'Guy Moquet Day' sparks debate in France
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A Resistance fighter who was executed by the Nazis was honored Monday in schools across France, although some teachers defied an order by President Nicolas Sarkozy to have his final letter read aloud, saying the government was trying to twist history into propaganda.
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Paris 2012 organisers have been accused of breaking Olympic bid rules by using French embassies to promote the city. Madrid 2012 have made an official protest to the International Olympic Committee&#39;s (IOC) ethical commission.
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BBC Europe editor Mark Mardell on the battle of the blogosphere under way in France three months ahead of the presidential election.
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As the UK debate on hunting with hounds rages on some people are travelling to France where the hunting tradition is still strong.
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Trade unions in France aren't giving up their short work week without a fight. They gathered more than 300,000 people Sunday for marches in cities across France, to protest plans to chip-away at the 35-hour ...
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President Jacques Chirac was considering bringing forward the date of France&#39;s national referendum on the EU constitution yesterday after a resounding victory for the &quot;yes&quot; camp
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Juan Pablo Montoya faces being hauled in front of the FIA to explain his conduct. Reports in Italy and France suggest that the sportâs governing body will summon the Williams driver after he failed to attend
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France have lodged a protest with the International Tennis Federation (ITF) over a dope-testing irregularity by the Chinese team during their Fed Cup tie in Beijing earlier this month.
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France was hit by transport chaos Thurday as unions challenged President Nicolas Sarkozy with a 24-hour strike, but the government vowed to stick by plans to overhaul pensions for hundreds of thousands in the public sector.
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"Les enfants de la patrie . . ."  BRUSSELS: The man who will probably be elected Belgium's new prime minister cut a poor figure on the country's national day on Saturday when he could not say why it was being marked and fumbled over the ... via The Mercury
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France's president is heading for a showdown with European finance ministers over its budget deficit.
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Spain's prime minister must hate Saturdays. That's the day of the week hundreds of thousands of people march through the streets of Madrid chanting for him to resign for allegedly making concessions to Basque rebels ETA.
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Thousands of striking taxi drivers drove at a snail's pace around France on Wednesday as part of a protest against government plans to open up their business to greater competition.
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The French parliament started debating a  controversial bill on Tuesday that the government says will  prevent travel chaos during transport strikes, but that unions  warn will damage industrial relations.
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France's involvement in Ivory Coast receives sceptical scrutiny. And papers are torn between sympathy and anger over the death of an anti-nuclear protestor, who was run over by a train transporting nuclear ...
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The French parliament discusses a tough crime bill amid a row over new Justice Minister Rachida Dati.
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A television documentary that portrays  Nicolas Sarkozy as a bold negotiator during a hostage crisis 14  years ago has fuelled a debate about the French president&#39;s  domination of television and print media.