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France Plans To Revoke Birthplace Citizenship In Mayotte

French authorities on Sunday announced a controversial plan to amend the Constitution to revoke birthplace citizenship on the French Indian Ocean island of Mayotte, which has been struggling with social unrest and a crippling migration crisis.

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Paris population continues to shrink as cost of living rises

Paris may be losing its allure judging by new figures that show the population of the world's most visited city has been dwindling by about 12,000 people a year since 2015.

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Why do France's overseas territories have a diabetes problem?

A study by the national public health institute reveals alarming rates of type 2 diabetes among residents of France's overseas territories, where the chronic illness is two times as common as it is on the French mainland. What explains the disparity?

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‘Feminisation of poverty’: France’s cost-of-living crisis is hitting women hardest

Poverty is worsening in France and women and children are the main victims, the charity Secours Catholique has warned in its annual report, highlighting the burden of inflation, childcare and entrenched gender inequality on single women and mothers.

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Bank of England must ‘see job through’ on cost of living; eurozone inflation higher than expected – as it happened

Live, rolling coverage of business, economics and financial markets as easing of chip shortage boosts British car manufacturing by a third

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France pledges to tackle monopolies inflating prices in overseas territories

On a visit to French Polynesia, France's interior minister said he would launch a review into whether companies were abusing their market dominance to jack up prices and contribute to the notoriously high cost of living in French overseas territories.

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FTSE 100 posts biggest jump since March as US economy adds 339,000 new jobs – as it happened

US economy added more jobs than forecast last month, with March and April’s data revised higher too, but unemployment rate has jumped to 3.7%

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Anti-migration operation on French African island of Mayotte stirs tensions, exposes inequalities

France is facing a migration quagmire on the island territory of Mayotte off Africa’s east coast

The Independent UK

French economy grows by one-fifth of a percentage point in first quarter

France's economy grew 0.2 percent in the first quarter on the back of greater industrial production and increased foreign trade, the national statistics agency INSEE announced on Friday. Germany narrowly avoided recession, reporting flat GDP in the first three months of 2023.

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France has narrowed its budget deficit, but how does it compare to other EU states?

French economists and public auditors alike breathed a sigh of relief as the national statistics agency INSEE on Tuesday published an annual report showing that the country’s 2022 budget deficit dipped below 5% of GDP. Public debt also slightly decreased. Despite these hopeful figures, France still remains one of the…

France 24

French jobless figures dip to lowest level in 15 years

The last three months of 2022 saw the number of French people out of work stabilise at 7.2 percent of the active population, the lowest jobless rate recorded since 2008.

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France's population grows slightly while China's population shrinks

Although the French population grew by 0,3 percent to over 68 million people in 2022, the national statistics agency says its the lowest number since 1946. Meanwhile, China, the world's most populous nation saw a significant drop in its population between 2021 and 2022.

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Paris population drops as thousands quit capital city every year

According to a report published by France's national statistics and economics research institute, the population of the French capital is declining by an average of 12,400 inhabitants each year.

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France's inflation soars to its highest level since 1985

French consumer prices in October rose at their fastest pace since 1985, driven by rising energy, food and manufactured goods prices, according to official data released Friday.

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French birthrate on the rise after six years of decline

The number of births in France went up in 2021 after dropping for the six previous years, according to the national statistics institute, Insee, which also observed a sharp increase in the number of babies conceived after the two Covid confinements in 2020.

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TotalEnergies discounts fuel at French petrol stations as inflation soars

Under pressure from the French government to do more to help consumers tackle higher energy costs, TotalEnergies has announced discounts on pump prices at French motorway petrol stations. The move comes as inflation hit a record high over the month of June.

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France's economy shrinks as Eurozone braces for rates hike amid fears of fuel, food shortages

France's economy has contracted over the first quarter under the impact of soaring inflation, increasing the risk for President Emmanuel Macron in key legislative elections that get underway in less than two weeks' time.

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French unemployment slips to 14-year low in first quarter of 2022

Unemployment in France dropped slightly in the first quarter of the year to its lowest rate in 14 years, giving President Emmanuel Macron a boost ahead of legislative elections.

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Inflation on the rise in France, driven by rising cost of food and energy

Inflation is creeping up in France, as it is in many parts of the world, but economists point out that not all prices are increasing. However, consumers are feeling the pinch, because the products that are most impacted are daily necessities, like petrol and food.

France 24

France: Low growth and inflation increase risk of stagflation

Income growth has stagnated as prices for essential goods and energy are on the rise. New figures from France’s National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (Insee) indicate that France could be entering a period of stagflation.

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French economy flatlines, growth falls to zero in first quarter

French economic growth fell to zero in the first quarter of the year as households reduced their consumption due to rising inflation and the war in Ukraine, data showed on Friday.

The Guardian - UK

Eurozone faces stagflation as prices surge; Russia cuts interest rates as recession looms – as it happened

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, including growth figures from across the eurozone

France 24

Why Marine Le Pen's far-right political agenda has taken hold in French Mayotte

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen registered her highest score in the first round of the 2022 presidential election in the overseas French department of Mayotte, an Indian Ocean archipelago located 8,000 km from Paris.

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226,000 people deprived of presidential vote after electoral roll errors

Of the 48.7 million people enrolled to vote in the first round of France's presidential election, more than one in four opted to stay away. But 226,000 of those who turned out found they couldn't exercise their right after they were mistakenly struck off the electoral roll.

France 24

Inflation and the French election: How serious is the cost of living crisis?

Inflation in France is set to surpass 4 percent in March, according to the latest estimates from the national statistics institute Insee. The pace of price rises has already hit the highest level since 2008. The rising cost of living has become a central issue in the French presidential election…

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