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France travel warning as UK visitors told to expect 'disruption'

Planned strike action is expected to take place in France this week

Liverpool Echo

French strike fever spreads as Macron's opponents push for confrontation

French railway workers and civil servants will next week join oil refinery staff with work stoppages, raising fears that anger over the rising cost of living could lead to a winter of discontent.

Radio France Internationale

France travel warning issued to all visitors from the United Kingdom

The UK Foreign Office has updated its travel guidance

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French union threatens legal action over requisitioned oil depot strikers

A legal battle over the right to strike is looming in France after a top union boss said he would go to the courts to stop the government from forcing oil refinery employees back to work.

Radio France Internationale

France travel warning for Brits as country hit by severe fuel shortages

More than a quarter of petrol stations in France have no supplies of at least one type of fuel.

Daily Record

France orders striking oil workers back-to-work as fuel shortages grow

Union threatens legal challenge after state steps in to end fuel shortages

The Independent UK

FCO update travel advice for Brits heading to France on holiday

France is experiencing fuel shortages and queues at petrol stations

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French PM orders staff back to work to unblock fuel depots, but strikes continue

French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne has requisitioned staff at some petrol depots as the government battles to secure fuel supplies following weeks of strikes over a wage dispute. The move puts it on a collision course with the hardline CGT union.

Radio France Internationale

France travel warning to everyone visiting from UK

The UK Foreign Office has updated its travel guidance for those travelling to France

Liverpool Echo

French PM to requisition workers amid refineries strike

French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne has announced a decision to requisition workers operating petrol depots of the ExxonMobil’s French branch Esso and threatened to do the same for those of Total group, amid strikes that have led fuel pumps to run dry in the country

The Independent UK

Borne: Paris, Algiers Are Moving Towards a ‘Permanent Renewable Partnership’

France and Algeria are progressing towards a “permanent renewable partnership,” stressed French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne who had met Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune during a two-day visit to the North African nation. During her visit, 12 agreements were signed in the fields of industry, employment, and antiquities.

Asharq Al-Awsat

French government set to end strike by ordering fuel workers back to work

France will order striking workers at Esso-ExxonMobil refineries and fuel depots back to their posts in order to end shortages causing headaches for millions of motorists, Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne said Tuesday.

France 24

France and Algeria seek to deepen ties after easing of tensions

French and Algerian prime ministers have declared a wish to "deepen" their countries' ties as Paris seeks to repair relations with its former colony and major gas exporter.

Radio France Internationale

French PM Visits Algeria to ‘Overcome Pains of the Past’

French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne visited Algeria on Sunday at the head of a high-ranking delegation, pushing for better economic ties and “overcoming the pain of the past." Borne held talks with her Algerian counterpart Aimene Benabderrahmane. The two-day consultations include partnerships in education and vocational training, renewable energies, investment,…

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Radio France Internationale

French PM wants to continue sanctions on Russia to ‘make the cost of the war unbearable’

France's National Assembly resumed its work on Monday with a debate on the war in Ukraine and its consequences for France, with a call from Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne to "continue the sanctions" to "make the cost of the war unbearable for Russia".

Al Jazeera

World reacts to Meloni’s right-wing victory in Italy election

Giorgia Meloni is set to become Italy’s first female prime minister after leading a right-wing alliance to election win.

Radio France Internationale

French PM warns retirement reform may be forced through parliament without vote

French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne says a decision will be taken later this week on the parliamentary method to be used to advance contested government plans to reform retirement and pension legislation.

The Guardian - UK

Italy election: far-right Brothers of Italy set to take power; Russia ready for ‘constructive relations’ with party – as it happened

Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy party set to lead a coalition; Kremlin welcomes what it calls ‘more constructive’ parties leading Italy. This live blog is now closed

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French Prime Minister: will decide by end of week on how to move forward on contested pensions reform

French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne said the government would decide by the end of this week on how to move forward with plans to reform the country's pensions system - something that has faced fierce opposition in the past from trade unions.

Reuters

Human rights and access to abortion are European values, says France's PM after Italy election

French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne said the European Union would closely follow the respect of certain human rights and values such as women's access to abortion, as she responded to Italy's election result.

Radio France Internationale

All systems are go as France zeros in on space ambitions

France has grabbed a firm footing in the next generation space race – throwing 9 billion euros at ramping up its astronomical ambitions over the next three years. The news comes as Paris hosts the International Astronautical Congress (IAC), which brings together thousands of experts from the world’s burgeoning space…

Reuters

France boosts cycling infrastructure, targets rural areas

The French government said on Tuesday it would boost state support for cycling in 2023, hoping to promote the use of bicycles for transport in rural areas, improve citizens' health, and use them in the energy transition.

Radio France Internationale

France to cap electricity, gas price increases at 15 percent

France will cap increases in electricity and gas prices for households at 15 percent early next year, extending price controls introduced after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Radio France Internationale

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…

Radio France Internationale

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.

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