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Pressure grows on France to levy windfall tax on ‘super profits’

As ordinary French people fret over the rising cost of living, the government is under pressure to levy a windfall tax on energy firms that have reaped the benefits of higher oil and gas prices pushed up by the war in Ukraine. While the government is divided, PM Elisabeth Borne…

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French PM Borne lists 60 political priorities for her government

Addressing a government environment seminar on Wednesday, French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne announced that she had established a list of 60 priorities for the government, each with a precise objective. Neither she nor government spokesman Olivier Véran gave details.

Radio France Internationale

Russia halts gas supplies to Germany as France warns of winter rationing and power cuts

Paris mulls rationing as Europe’s energy crisis deepens

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French businesses put on notice as threat of power rationing looms

French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne on Monday told French companies to get “energy sober”, warning that businesses – not households – would be the first affected by potential electricity rationing ahead of the winter.

Radio France Internationale

French government back from summer break, facing numerous challenges

The French government is back in action after a summer break, ahead of what is predicted to be a tense autumn, with Emmanuel Macron's ruling party lacking an absolute majority in parliament to pass key legislation.

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French cartoonist Jean-Jacques Sempé dies aged 89

French prime minister Elisabeth Borne led the tributes to the cartoonist Jean-Jacques Sempé whose death was announced on Thursday.

Radio France Internationale

France's going through its most severe drought ever, PM says

French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne has warned that France is facing the “most severe drought” ever recorded in the country and announced the activation of a government crisis unit

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French PM Borne activates inter-ministerial crisis unit in face of 'historic' drought

Faced with an "exceptional drought" and a "historic situation that many territories are going through," France's Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne has decided to activate an inter-ministerial crisis uniit.

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France creates new post of LGBTQ rights ambassador

French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne on Thursday announced the creation of a new position of ambassador for LGBTQ rights in efforts to fight discrimination across the world.

France 24

French PM announces the creation of new LGBTQ ambassador job

French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne has announced the creation of a new position of ambassador for LGBTQ rights, in efforts to fight discrimination across the world

The Independent UK

France to pay nearly €10bn to fully nationalise EDF

Government seeks to shore up domestic energy supplies amid European crisis

The Guardian - UK

Macron's inflation-relief bill faces narrow path to compromise in parliament

President Emmanuel Macron's French government, hunting for votes to enact a cost-of-living relief bill after losing its majority in parliament, is open to amendments backed by conservative opponents that would incentivise work, a government source said.

Reuters

New French government suffers first defeat as lawmakers vote down part of Covid bill

France's government has suffered its first defeat in parliament after President Emmanuel Macron's ruling party lost its majority in elections last month. After an late night debate, opposition lawmakers rejected a proposal to give the government powers to reinstate a Covid health pass at the borders.

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French towns ditch Bastille Day fireworks as another heatwave hits

An “intense and prolonged” heatwave has settled over France – the second so far this summer – with temperatures of more than 38°C baking much of the country.

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'Back to work' French PM Elisabeth Borne tells ministers after surviving no-confidence vote

French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne on Monday survived her first no-confidence vote in parliament, which had been tabled by the hard-left opposition. She has now called for ministers to 'get back to work', with managing the new heatwave at the top of her agenda.

Reuters

French left's no-confidence motion against PM fails in parliament

A motion of no-confidence brought against French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne by a broad left-wing alliance failed in a vote in the National Assembly on Monday after opposition conservative MPs and the far-right opted not to vote, a count showed.

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French parliament to hold vote of no-confidence in Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne's leadership

The French parliament will hold a vote of no confidence in the govenment of Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne. Proposed by the leftist coalition NUPES, the motion is not likely to pass, but it highlights the difficult path ahead for President Emmanuel Macron as he begins his second term.

The Independent UK

French women push to cement abortion rights after US ruling

The right to abortion in France has been inscribed in law for 47 years and enjoys broad support across the political spectrum

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French government lifts lid on pot of proposals to boost spending power

The French government led by Elisabeth Borne will on Thursday present a series of measures aimed at boosting spending power. Without an absolute majority in parliament, and with the opposition already up in arms, the government is likely to be criticised, whatever it proposes.

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French PM announces nationalisation of debt-laden power giant EDF

Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne called for compromise on Wednesday in her first speech to France's new parliament, where her minority government will need support from opposition parties to pass legislation. She also announced the nationalisation of the French electricity giant EDF.

Reuters

French PM promises action against spiraling prices

French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne promised to shield hard-up families from soaring prices, urging the country's fragmented parliament to work together and avoid policy gridlock.

Reuters

France plans full nationalisation of power utility EDF

France will fully nationalise EDF, Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne said on Wednesday, in a move that would give the government more control over a restructuring of the debt-laden group while contending with a European energy crisis.

Reuters

France's PM Borne tells lawmakers: finding compromises has been forgotten for too long

French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne said on Wednesday that finding compromises, which had been forgotten for too long in French political life, will be one of her main aims as the government seeks to implement reforms without an absolute majority.

The Independent UK

French prime minister to face lawmakers at parliament

French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne is to lay out her main priorities at parliament Wednesday after the government lost its majority in elections last month

Radio France Internationale

French press delight as Boris Johnson flounders and fulminates

While the French daily newspapers continue to sift through the debris in the wake of the announcement of the second Elisabeth Borne cabinet, there is a sense of blessed relief as the same papers report on the intestinal disorders of London's ruling Conservatives.

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