France set out a new energy law after years of wrangling on Thursday which slashes its wind and solar power targets and drops a mandate for state-run firm EDF to shutter nuclear plants. “We need to ...

France sent a clear message in their Six Nations opener, overpowering Ireland 36–14 at the Stade de France to collect a bonus point. Five tries led by Louis Bielle-Biarrey put the champions in firm ...

France plans to send a letter to all 29-year-olds in the country encouraging them to have babies before it is “too late”. Hundreds of thousands of young people will receive the letter, which aims to ...

Marine Le Pen’s party is concocting plans to replace a vital, vibrant arts scene with a retrograde movement that would glorify the country’s past Should you judge the quality of a film based on how ...

France opened a consulate in Greenland's capital, Nuuk, on Friday, strengthening its diplomatic presence in the Arctic and keeping the promise made by President Emmanuel Macron during his visit to the ...

Les Bleus opened the tournament with a dominant victory in Paris Thanks everybody for your company and emails, see you back here on Saturday for the rest of the fixtures. Here’s the full match report ...

France and Ireland will open the tournament in Paris in what has become one of the most keenly anticipated fixtures of the entire tournament. The last four Six Nations have been won by these two sides ...

France demolished Ireland 36-14 to kick off the 2026 Six Nations in style and lay down an early marker in their title defence. These two have split last four titles between them and entered the clash ...

All 29-year-old French citizens are to be encouraged by their government to have babies while they still can. Health officials say the aim is to avoid these men and women facing fertility problems ...

PARIS — Bank of France Governor François Villeroy de Galhau is to quit his job in early June, more than a year before the end of his mandate. In a move that took both Paris and Europe’s financial ...

Les Bleus scored through tries by Louis Bielle-Biarrey (2), Jalibert, Charles Ollivon and Theo Attissogbe, the rest of the points coming from the boot of the ever-reliable Thomas Ramos. After being ...

The French investigation into Elon Musk’s X illustrated a fundamental divide between European and American leaders about how to regulate social media — or whether to restrict it at all. By Adam ...