French news

President Emmanuel Macron has today confirmed his plans to transform the French health system, including funding changes and closer links between clinics and hospitals.

Over 200,000 people (and counting) have signed a petition in support of a RATP bus driver, who has been summoned for disciplinary proceedings after he slapped a “disrespectful” middle school boy.

Hundreds of “château style” historical stone ornaments - including a Louis XIII chimney surround estimated to be worth up to €480,000 - are to be sold at auction near Paris on September 24.

Visitors to one church in Corsica urged to turn off phones - and warned what could happen if they use their phones while driving

The French government has published advice on how to avoid being scammed by fraudulent, criminal administrative websites.

French athlete Kévin Mayer has become the first ever Frenchman to hold a world record for the decathlon, beating the previous record-holder, American athlete Ashton Eaton, this weekend.

Over 12 million people visited almost 16,000 monuments across France this weekend as part of this year’s Journées Européennes du Patrimoine (European Heritage Days).

The drought and heat of the summer in France this year and in 2013 may threaten the cost and availability of Christmas trees in Decembers to come, producers have warned.

Schools in France will now be required to offer a vegetarian menu at least once a week, and remove single-use plastic from canteens, after the National Assembly gave the “green light” to the ideas.

The National Assembly has rejected a move to legally ban the herbicide glyphosate completely, for the second time this year.