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AI 'Dirty Talk' Is the New Dating Trend? Survey Reveals Millions Are Turning to Chatbots for Intimacy

AI companion apps have attracted millions of downloads as digital intimacy becomes more mainstream.

International Business Times UK · Aug 11

Sex? ‘Non, merci’: New poll finds young French women place less importance on sexual relations

According to a new study by the French Institute of Public Opinion, Gen Z women generally place less importance on sex and are more open about masturbating. As for being in a relationship without having sex? More than half of young women don’t rule it out as an option.

Euronews · May 28

Kissing babies, singing chansons: Macron touts Armenia’s 'new era,' stealing the show at EPC summit

French President Emmanuel Macron’s visit marked a visible shift for Armenia as he proclaimed “a Europe which goes from Iceland to the Caucasus” while being greeted with adulation — strolling avenues to La Marseillaise, singing Aznavour and receiving a medal to boot.

Euronews · May 5

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Staycations on the rise for French travellers this summer amid geopolitical crisis and inflation

Against a backdrop of international tensions, inflation and rising transport costs, the French are planning to travel less this summer and cut back on their spending, according to an Ifop survey for Alliance France Tourisme.

Euronews · Apr 29

French scale back holiday plans amid global tensions and inflation

French people are scaling back their summer holiday plans, spending less and staying closer to home as international tensions, rising energy costs and inflation weigh on travel decisions, a survey published on Tuesday found.

Radio France Internationale · Apr 28

France's Sorbonne suspends lecture after antisemitic hate speech remarks

The university said around 100 students and six lecturers were exposed to "explicitly racist remarks and Nazi apologia" during the course.

Euronews · Nov 25, 2025

Popularity at an all-time low for French leaders Macron and Bayrou

Radio France Internationale · Jul 21, 2025

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Most French favour Sunday hunting ban amid safety concerns

An Ifop study shows that many French people do not feel safe when walking during hunting season. They also want the hunting season to be shortened, and the majority support a ban on hunting with hounds.

Radio France Internationale · Mar 30, 2025

Clock Ticks Down On France Government Nomination

The clock ticked Monday for French President Emmanuel Macron to appoint the fourth government in a year marked by a deepening political crisis.

International Business Times · Dec 23, 2024

Macron returns to political uncertainty after Mayotte, East Africa visit

President Emmanuel Macron returned to Paris on Sunday after a visit to cyclone-devastated Mayotte and East Africa, as France remains in political deadlock, awaiting the appointment of a new government.

Radio France Internationale · Dec 22, 2024

France Awaits Appointment Of New Government

President Emmanuel Macron returned to Paris on Sunday after a visit to cyclone-devastated Mayotte and East Africa, as a France racked by political deadlock awaited the appointment of a new government.

International Business Times · Dec 22, 2024

Le Pen denies playing a part in Macron's choice of Barnier as French PM

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen on Sunday said she played no part in the appointment of veteran conservative Michel Barnier as French PM, denying media reports that she assured President Emmanuel Macron her party would not back a no-confidence motion to topple the incoming premier.

France 24 · Sep 8, 2024

France's Le Pen Urges Macron To Hold Referendum To Break Deadlock

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen on Sunday urged President Emmanuel Macron to hold a referendum on key issues such as immigration, suggesting that giving the French a direct vote might help break the political deadlock.

International Business Times · Sep 8, 2024

Bye bye boobs: When did Europeans stop sunbathing topless?

Europe used to be known for its laissez-faire attitude towards beachwear. Now, it seems bare boobs have been banished from our beaches. Maddy Mussen finds out why

Evening Standard · Aug 12, 2024

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Radio France Internationale · Jun 5, 2024

Grassroots campaign fails to ignite EU ambitions of France's conservatives

Despite praise for running a grassroots EU election campaign aimed at revitalising the fortunes of France's conservative Republicans Party (LR), François-Xavier Bellamy's presence on the hustings has failed to capture the imagination of the traditional right-wing electorate.

Radio France Internationale · Mar 22, 2024

Stamping out misinformation in France's fight against HIV-Aids

The French non-profit Sidaction on Friday launches its three-day annual fundraiser for HIV-Aids research – warning that although treatments have progressed in France, the “fight must go on”. A key challenge is stamping out misconceived ideas of the disease among young people.

The Guardian - UK · Sep 24, 2023

Forget the Emily in Paris fantasy tour, it’s not a patch on the life I live here

Best-selling American author says the new Netflix-endorsed city tour doesn’t show the best features of her adopted home – free preschool, university and healthcare

The Guardian - UK · Apr 13, 2023

French protesters storm luxury group LVMH offices before pensions ruling

Emmanuel Macron back from Netherlands amid sustained unrest over plan to raise pension age to 64

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Radio France Internationale · Apr 11, 2023

Experiments with paid menstrual leave, but no consensus on making it French law

The Parisian suburb of Saint Ouen is the first French city to give women paid sick leave for period pain. But while several lawmakers want France to follow Spain in voting a national law on menstrual leave, there are concerns such a measure could backfire and increase gender discrimination.

Tribune News Service · Mar 26, 2023

France’s Macron loses voters to Le Pen’s far right in Ifop Poll

Marine Le Pen’s far-right party has been the biggest beneficiary of French discontent over President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to raise the minimum retirement age, according to a survey of voting intentions by pollster Ifop for Le Journal du Dimanche newspaper.

Radio France Internationale · Jul 5, 2022

'Eighty percent' of French want abortion rights enshrined in constitution

Eight out of 10 French people favour enshrining the right to abortion in the country’s constitution, an opinion poll published Tuesday shows.

Reuters · Jun 6, 2022

French overseas legislative vote points to duel between Macron and left

President Emmanuel Macron's bloc has come out on top in most of the constituencies of French voters overseas who went to the polls ahead of the rest of France, but with a stronger challenge from the left compared to 2017.

Reuters · Jun 1, 2022

France's Macron could lose lower house majority, poll shows

President Emmanuel Macron could fall short of an outright majority in France's National Assembly, which would pose a major hurdle for his planned second-term reforms, a poll showed less than two weeks before the first round of voting.

The Conversation · Apr 24, 2022

French president Emmanuel Macron wins re-election: a victory with deep challenges

Emmanuel Macron’s decisive victory over Marine Le Pen in the second round of France’s presidential election on 24 April 2022 is no surprise. For more than a year, opinion polls had been predicting it. As early as April 2021, the leading polling institutes (Elabe, Harris interactive, Ifop, Ipsos) estimated the…

Financial Times · Apr 21, 2022

‘A demand for dignity’: How French Muslims lost faith in Macron after security shift

Community disappointed by president for neglecting poorer suburbs and passing divisive anti-terror laws

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