France and Germany will this week introduce tighter controls at their shared border, but for the moment the border will remain open despite fears in Germany of the spread of Covid virus variants from France's Moselle département.
Germany on Sunday, February 28th, classed France's Covid-battered Moselle region as a high risk area for virus variants, triggering tougher entry requirements at the border between the two neighbours.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Wednesday that she and French President Emmanuel Macron "wrestle" on policy and have different outlooks, but tend to cooperate and find compromises in the end.
France and Germany are "determined" to reach a compromise on President Emmanuel Macron's proposals for a shake-up of the eurozone, a French government source told AFP on Sunday after marathon talks between the two countries.
Iranian regime opponents held small-scale demonstrations Saturday in France and Germany to show support for opposition groups who have held rallies inside their country in recent days.
The leaders of Germany and France called on Saturday for all sides in the Ukraine conflict to "face their responsibilities" after a rise in ceasefire violations in the east of the country.
France and Germany agreed Thursday to begin work on a joint fighter jet, a major advance in their relations designed to underline their united front in the face of fracturing Western relations.
The interior ministers of France, Germany and Italy will meet in Paris on Sunday to discuss a "coordinated approach" to help Italy deal with hordes of migrants arriving in its ports, a source said.
The French government on Sunday published a decree for closing the country's oldest nuclear plant, fulfilling a campaign-trail pledge made by President Francois Hollande, who is now in the final weeks of office.
France’s interior minister has asked police to reinforce border controls along the frontier with Germany, following the attack on the Berlin Christmas market, the suspect for which is still on the run.
Germany's right-wing populist AfD believes that France and southern European countries should be excluded from Europe's common currency, the party's top officials said, AFP reported.
A Europe-wide survey published on Wednesday revealed that the French and the British were among the most unwilling to accept thousands of refugees, despite the ongoing humanitarian crisis.
French President Francois Hollande has tried to put the record straight insisting that France is not being "invaded" by refugees as the far right would have people believe.
German authorities have taken the step of boosting controls on part of its border with France, it was announced on Wednesday. The French government has come under pressure to make a similar move.
The clouds over Europe appeared to lift slightly in the third quarter as its two biggest economies both narrowly escaped a new recession, official data showed on Friday.
As France's prime minister sat in the audience on Tuesday, the top lobbyist for German industry told a conference that Germany didn't mess up the French economy and isn't responsible for fixing it.
The French prime minister is to meet on Monday with Germany's chancellor in a bid to advocate for an easing up of budget-cutting policies in favour of pro-growth actions and stimulus spending in the eurozone.
After the French president ousted his rebel Economy Minister for an outspoken attack on Germany and replaced him with a social liberal ex-banker, political commentator Stefan Ulrich argues that Chancellor Angela Merkel now needs to repay the favour.
France were knocked out of the World Cup on Friday after losing 1-0 to Germany in their quarter-final clash. An early goal from Mats Hummels proved enough to see off Les Bleus, who had their chances but couldn't find the net.
Forget Hollande vs Merkel in Brussels, the most eagerly-awaited Franco-German clash of modern times will take place in Rio di Janeiro on Friday. So it's a good time to find out what the French, from writers and politicians to the general public really think of their German neighbours.
Before the countries' two football teams square up on the pitch in their World Cup quarter-final clash on Friday, The Local France and our colleagues at The Local Germany face off in a fight to see which country is the best.
After beating Nigeria 2-0 to book their place in the quarter-finals of the World Cup France’s players and supporters are confident they can go even further in the competition. That would mean knocking out the Germans on Friday.
The French government has called on Germany to invest €50 billion in its own infrastructure over the next three years to jumpstart eurozone growth as France strives to reduce national debt.
