Private detectives tail French workers to root out surging sick leave fraud

Fabrice Lehmann caught sight of his target as he left his suburban Paris home, dressed for work. He began tailing him, trying to blend in with the commuters heading into the city.
A private detective since 1994, Lehmann has increasingly found himself tracking white-collar…[Read more]

First migrants arrive from France under ‘one in one out’ deal

A family of three, including a small child, are the first people to arrive in the UK under the government’s “one in, one out” agreement with France.

The BBC has been told they have been given three-month visas, with no right to work and no recourse to public funding. They can,…[Read more]

How effective is UK’s one-in-one-out migrant deal with France so far?

Just four people have been deported to France under migrant deal with the UK.

Just four men who crossed the English Channel in small boats from France to the United Kingdom have been deported back to France under a migrant-swap scheme signed between the two countries in J…[Read more]

France’s richest man, LVMH’s Arnault, slams proposed billionaire tax

Bernard Arnault, the boss of luxury goods group LVMH and France’s richest man, has attacked a proposed 2% tax on billionaires as an assault on France’s economy and denounced the plan’s architect as a far-left ideologue.
The tax, which would target wealth above 100 million euros…[Read more]

French mayors to fly Palestinian flags for UN recognition despite government orders

Several mayors have announced that they will display Palestinian flags on their town halls despite warnings from the Interior Ministry, as France plans to recognize the State of Palestine at the UN on Monday.

Several French mayors plan to fly Palestinian flags on…[Read more]

No 10 denies ‘one in one out’ migrant deal with France is ‘shambles’

Plans to forcibly remove people who arrived in small boats abandoned for second day

Downing Street has denied that the government’s returns deal with France is in chaos after plans to forcibly remove from the UK people arriving in small boats were abandoned for a second da…[Read more]

UK deportation of Eritrean man to France under ‘one-in, one-out’ halted by judge

The 25-year-old claims to be trafficking victim and won high court challenge in what may prove major blow to Labour policy

An Eritrean man has had his deportation to France under Labour’s “one-in, one-out” scheme halted at the 11th hour after he won a high court cha…[Read more]

Eritrean man wins block on removal to France under ‘one in, one out’ deal

An Eritrean man who arrived in the UK by small boat has won a last-minute legal claim to temporarily block his removal to France.

The 25-year-old was due to be returned on Wednesday under the “one in, one out” returns pilot scheme agreed in July between the UK and…[Read more]

France hit by protests and disruption as new prime minister takes office

Nationwide unrest broke out across France on Wednesday as protesters blocked roads, set fires and clashed with police, who responded with tear gas, as anger grows against the country’s political class.

The interior ministry said 473 people had been detained, with 80,000 p…[Read more]

France suspects foreign intelligence over pigs heads left outside mosques

French police suspect that people who put pigs’ heads outside Paris mosques on Monday night were acting under orders from a foreign intelligence service, probably Russian.

The heads were found on Tuesday morning outside nine mosques in central Paris and surrounding…[Read more]

France’s streets ablaze as antigovernment protests disrupt daily life

Hundreds arrested after more than 200,000 demonstrators force French government into high-stakes confrontation.

A nationwide wave of antigovernment protests swept across France, filling streets with smoke, burning barricades and tear gas as demonstrators rallied against b…[Read more]

‘La tapisserie, c’est moi’: Macron accused of putting politics first in Bayeux tapestry loan

Organiser of petition says French president ignoring expert advice that artefact too fragile to be transported to UK

The Bayeux tapestry is so fragile that transporting it risks irreparable damage, French experts have said, as a petition urging Emman…[Read more]

Germany, France push for secondary sanctions on Russia amid Ukraine war

European Union’s two biggest economies have agreed to push for measures targeting companies from third countries that support Russia’s war.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and French President Emmanuel Macron have called for secondary sanctions aimed at disrupting Rus…[Read more]

Macron vows to serve out mandate to its end despite budget crisis

French President Emmanuel Macron said he would continue his mandate until the end of its term in 2027, despite a high-stakes confidence vote on September 8 that could bring down the government and plunge France into a new period of prolonged instability.

French President Emmanuel…[Read more]

French PM Bayrou to hold news conference ahead of possible September protests

French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou will hold a news conference on Monday, his office said, as he seeks to boost support for his government’s budget which aims to cut more than 40 billion euros ($47 billion) in public spending.
“I want to put things in place again…[Read more]

France summons US envoy over antisemitism claims

France says it will summon the US ambassador to Paris, Charles Kushner, over what it says are unacceptable allegations of failing to tackle a surge in antisemitism.

Kushner, who is Jewish and whose son is married to US President Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka, made the comments in an open letter…[Read more]

France faces prospect of paying higher borrowing costs than Italy

Rome has significantly reduced its public deficit over the past three years, while Paris has allowed its own to spiral. In the eyes of investors, Italy is now as credible as France, despite a heavier debt burden. On the markets, the gap in interest rates between the two countries…[Read more]

France rejects Netanyahu’s claim that it fuels antisemitism

Europe minister Benjamin Haddad said France needs ‘no lessons’ on fighting antisemitism, after the Israeli prime minister condemned Macron’s plan to recognize Palestinian statehood, saying it ‘rewards Hamas terror’ and ‘encourages the Jew-hatred now stalking streets.’

Israeli Prime…[Read more]

French President Emmanuel Macron says he doesn’t believe Putin is ‘very willing to get peace’ in Ukraine

After a meeting at the White House on Monday, the French president said that if there is no progress in talks, Russia should be hit with more sanctions.

There must be a push for peace to end the war between Russia and Ukraine, but French…[Read more]

Macron admits France waged a repressive war in Cameroon during its decolonization

In a letter, President Emmanuel Macron cited a report by a joint French-Cameroonian team of historians, which clearly demonstrated that France had waged a ‘war’ in Cameroon, characterized by ‘repressive violence.’

France waged a “war” in Cameroon marked by…[Read more]