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A pioneering bill to slow fast fashion gets approval from France's lower house. Next stop the Senate

Mar. 18, 2024 09:04 AM EDT

PARIS (AP) — A pioneering bill to curb the rampant pace of fast fashion won unanimous approval in the lower house of the French Parliament, making France one of the first countries worldwide to target the influx of low-cost, mass-produced garments predominantly from China. The...

Germany, France and Poland vow to procure more weapons for Ukraine in a show of unity

Mar. 15, 2024 12:57 PM EDT

BERLIN (AP) — Germany, France and Poland vowed Friday to procure more weapons for Kyiv and step up production of military equipment along with partners in Ukraine, promising that Ukraine can rely on the trio of European powers as it tries to overcome a shortage of military resources. ...

Macron again declines to rule out Western troops in Ukraine, but says they're not needed now

Mar. 14, 2024 16:39 PM EDT

PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron warned Western powers against showing any signs of weakness to Russia as he reiterated his position Thursday that sending Western troops into Ukraine shouldn't be ruled out, though he said today’s situation doesn’t require it. In an...

The French government says it's being targeted by unusual intense cyberattacks

Mar. 11, 2024 14:51 PM EDT

PARIS (AP) — The French government said Monday that several of its services have been targeted by cyberattacks of “unprecedented intensity,” and a special crisis center was activated to restore online services. Prime Minister Gabriel Attal’s office said in a statement that...

To avoid strikes at Paris Olympics, French government to pay bonuses to civil servants

Mar. 09, 2024 11:21 AM EST

NICE, France (AP) — The French government will offer bonuses to civil servants deployed across the capital during the Olympic and Paralympic Games in a bid to avoid strikes during the events this summer, the country’s Minister for Transformation and Public Administration, Stanislas Guerini,...

France enshrines abortion as a constitutional right as the world marks International Women's Day

Mar. 08, 2024 16:43 PM EST

PARIS (AP) — France inscribed the guaranteed right to abortion in its constitution Friday, in a world first and a powerful message of support to women around the globe on International Women’s Day. A woman from Argentina, a couple from Miami and a man from Czechia were among...

Major French union threatens strikes during Olympics. Hospital workers could walk off the job

Mar. 07, 2024 07:24 AM EST

A major French union warned of possible strikes, including at hospitals, during the Paris Olympics, when a massive influx of people is in the French capital. Speaking to France Info media on Thursday, the general secretary of the CGT said the union will give a notice of strike in...

France seeks personal accounts of liberation from the Nazis, 80 years after the D-Day landings

Mar. 06, 2024 11:34 AM EST

PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday called on the public to collect photos, films, personal journals and testimony from witnesses to liberation at the end of World War Two, as the country prepares to mark the 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings which heralded the...

Paris won't allow tourists free access to the Olympics opening ceremony along the Seine River

Mar. 05, 2024 17:02 PM EST

PARIS (AP) — Tourists won’t be allowed to watch the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics along the Seine River for free, the French government announced Tuesday, as it grapples with security concerns about the unprecedented open-air event. Free access will be invitation-only instead. ...

As France guarantees the right to abortion, other European countries look to expand access

Mar. 04, 2024 19:45 PM EST

PARIS (AP) — As France becomes the only country to explicitly guarantee the right to abortion in its constitution, other Europeans look at the U.S. rollback of abortion access and wonder: Could that happen here? Abortion is broadly legal across Europe, and governments have been...