Advertisement

uk

EU budget bill: 'The UK's loss is France's gain'
Europe

EU budget bill: 'The UK's loss is France's gain'

France’s finance minister Michel Sapin sent a message to British Prime Minister David Cameron on Thursday saying that the UK would end up weaker if it left the EU. He also pointed out that the €2.1 billion budget bill sent by Brussels to London had benefited France.
French PM tells London: 'France is pro-business'
Economy

French PM tells London: 'France is pro-business'

France’s Prime Minister Manuel Valls visited London on Monday to try to convince British bankers and his counterpart David Cameron that his government was "pro-business". He warned London that the UK would "lose a lot" if it exited the EU.
French favour booting Brits from EU: Poll
European Union

French favour booting Brits from EU: Poll

A new poll says a majority of French people believe Britain should be booted out of the European Union, rather than have its concerns taken into account by Brussels. It's a question sparked by a possible referendum on Britain's membership in the EU.
UK cuts passport costs for expats in France
british

UK cuts passport costs for expats in France

Some good news for British expats in France. They will pay a third less for new passports after UK authorities slashed the price due to the "efficiency savings" they have made over the last three years, by closing passport offices abroad.
France's new UK import: Friday office beers
Jobs

France's new UK import: Friday office beers

The French have traditionally drawn a strict line between work and pleasure, but now the Anglo-Saxon habit of bringing the beers into the office on a Friday afternoon is taking off in Gallic workplaces.
‘UK must understand the burden on France’
british

‘UK must understand the burden on France’

Outspoken French Interior Minister Manuel Valls has lamented an “impasse” in the way the UK works with France on immigration, particularly at the port of Calais, asking the British to “understand the burden on France.”
Paris opera set to slam Thatcher's Pinochet ties
uk

Paris opera set to slam Thatcher's Pinochet ties

A French-Argentinian writer has used the controversial relationship between the late British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet and turned into an opera set to open in Paris this week.