A restaurant owner was in police custody on Thursday after he defied France’s coronavirus restrictions by inviting dozens of people to eat in a revolt against the government’s ban on the opening of cafes and other eateries. The incident underscored the risks for President Emmanuel
In an unusual and potentially groundbreaking decision, French drugmaker Sanofi said Wednesday it will help bottle and package 125 million doses of the coronavirus vaccine developed by its rivals Pfizer and BioNTech, while its own vaccine candidate faces delays. The announcement came as delays or production problems
Orange, France’s leading telecoms operator, said late on Friday that it agreed to sell part of its fixed fibre assets in the country to a consortium of three investors for about 1.3 billion euros ($1.58 billion). It is the first time that the Paris-based company,
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The European Union and the incoming administration of U.S. President-elect Joe Biden should suspend a trade dispute to give themselves time to find common ground, France’s foreign minister said in remarks published on Sunday. “The issue that’s poisoning everyone is that of the price escalation
The French government shot down an offer from Canada’s Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. to acquire hypermarket chain Carrefour SA, according to people familiar with the matter, saying the move threatened jobs and France’s food security amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Couche-Tard’s offer to buy Carrefour for 16.1 billion euros,
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For the better part of two decades, the French port city of Calais has enjoyed a steady stream of Brits making a quick stopover with one mission in mind: to stock up on wine and other alcohol at a steep discount and haul the goods
This new job cut by the French bank Société Générale is part of the vast €450 million savings plan announced in August. The areas of activity involved Société Générale is undertaking a further reduction in its workforce. The bank plans to cut between 650 and
With a half-empty office floor and a whole team in quarantine, the new norm at one company in Paris illustrates the reality weighing on Europe’s biggest business district. Normally a hive of activity and teeming with workers, shoppers and tourists, La Defense, on the French
London Heathrow has said Paris Charles de Gaulle had overtaken it to become Europe’s top airport in terms of passenger numbers, blaming delayed coronavirus testing and travel restrictions. “For the first time, Paris Charles de Gaulle has overtaken Heathrow as Europe’s largest airport, with Amsterdam
The extra steps taken to support economic activity in the face of the new lockdown in France will worsen the public debt, said the Minister of Economy, Bruno Le Maire, in an interview with the newspaper Le Parisien. Debt forecast rises The new confinement in