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#1 French Parliament Ousts Prime Minister, Deepening Political Crisis
Sep 9 2025 // France’s parliament brought down the government on Monday over its plans to tame the ballooning national debt, deepening a political crisis that is weakening the euro zone’s second-largest economy. Lawmakers...
#2 Jellyfish Shut French Nuclear Reactors as Heat Wave Builds
Aug 11 2025 // Electricite de France SA was forced to shut four atomic reactors after a swarm of jellyfish clogged up filter drums at its Gravelines power plant. The “massive and unforeseen” presence of jellyfish in the...
#3 Climate Change, Extreme Weather Bring Challenges to Chablis Wine Country in France
Sep 30 2024 // On a brisk late September morning in the heart of Chablis wine country, grape pickers haul large and heavy buckets over their shoulders, drenched in sweat as they climb the very steep slope of the Vau de Vey...
#4 French Families Sue TikTok Over Teen Suicides They Say Are Linked to Harmful Content
Jan 24 2025 // In the moment when her world shattered three years ago, Stephanie Mistre found her 15-year-old daughter, Marie, lifeless in the bedroom where she died by suicide. “I went from light to darkness in a fraction of a...
#5 French Firefighters Battle to Control Worst Blaze Since 1949
Aug 7 2025 // French firefighters spent a third day tackling the country’s worst wildfire in more than seven decades, hoping to bring it under control by Friday as lower wind speeds reduce the intensity of the blaze.After starting...
#6 Texas Economy Will Top France’s Thanks to Trump, Abbott Says
Dec 18 2024 // Texas Governor Greg Abbott has a new ambition for the Lone Star State: surpassing France as one of the world’s largest economies. Abbott predicted that economic output in Texas would soon exceed that of the...
#7 Markets/Coverages: MGA Coalition Launches Cyber Insurance in France
Aug 20 2025 // Coalition, the San Francisco-based cyber managing general agent and cybersecurity firm, announced the launch of its Active Cyber Insurance in France through its subsidiary, Coalition Insurance Solutions GmbH. French...
#8 France Orders Extra 800,000 Cars off Road Over Takata Airbag Scandal
Jun 26 2025 // France is ordering an extra 800,000 cars with Takata airbags to be taken off the road, two weeks after a woman died in the northeastern town of Reims from injuries related to a faulty airbag. The move is the latest twist...
#9 Philips Faces Deepened French Probe Over Sleep Apnea Device Safety
Sep 8 2025 // French prosecutors stepped up an investigation into Royal Philips NV for potentially causing danger to human health with breathing devices, tasking a magistrate with deeper probing powers to lead the case. Paris...
#10 Ontario Teachers’ Sells Stake in French Broker Diot-Siaci to Private Equity Firm Ardian
Aug 8 2025 // Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan has signed a definitive agreement to sell its stake in Diot-Siaci, a Paris-based corporate insurance brokerage group, to French private equity firm Ardian. Financial details of the deal...
#11 Deadly Wildfires Ravage Southwest France as Heat Wave Builds
Aug 6 2025 // France’s biggest wildfire in about two decades ravaged vineyards and farms in southern France, leaving one person dead and forcing residents to flee. About 2,100 firefighters, assisted by aircraft, are working to...
#12 EU Is Set to Shrink ESG Reporting Rules Amid French Demands
Jan 22 2025 // The European Union is set to scale back its highly contested ESG reporting requirements, as France prepares to unveil a formal proposal seeking to limit the scope of the regulatory framework. The French government is...
#13 H.W. International Agrees to Sell UK, French and Greek Operations to Steadfast Group
Nov 7 2024 // H.W. International B.V., the Amsterdam-based, privately owned insurance broker, announced the sale of H.W. Wood Ltd. and HWI France to Steadfast Group, the largest general insurance broker network and underwriting agency...
#14 Update: TikTok Sued by Families in France After Children’s Suicides
Nov 4 2024 // TikTok was sued by a group of seven French families who blame the social network app for harming the mental health of their children, driving two of them to suicide. The families, grouped in the association Algos Victima,...
#15 People Moves: Arch Insurance Taps AXA XL’s Martins as Head of Executive Assurance for France; DUAL Europe Announces Key Cyber Appointments
Sep 17 2025 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Arch Insurance and DUAL Europe. A summary of these new hires follows here. Arch Insurance Taps AXA XL’s Martins as Head of Executive Assurance,...
#16 Meta Faces Legal Challenge by French Publishers Over AI Training
Mar 12 2025 // French publishers and authors are suing Meta Platforms Inc. for copyright infringement, accusing the tech giant of using their books to train its generative artificial intelligence model without authorization. SNE, the...
#17 Former Hurricane Kirk Set to Lash France With Heavy Rain
Oct 8 2024 // The remnants of Hurricane Kirk are forecast to hit France on Wednesday, after weakening to a post-tropical cyclone. The storm will bring wind gusts as strong as 150 kilometers (93 miles) per hour to the Pyrenees, according...
#18 Storm Bert Brings Flooding and Disruption to UK and France
Nov 25 2024 // Storm Bert left a trail of disruption across the UK, with hundreds of flood warnings in place for Wales and the west of England. Five people were reported to have died by local media, after the storm brought heavy rain and...
#19 French Investigators Order Tesla to Stop ‘Deceptive Business Practices’
Jun 25 2025 // French investigators on Tuesday ordered Tesla to stop what they called “deceptive business practices” or face thousands of euros in fines. Investigators at the finance ministry’s Competition, Consumer...
#20 Hermes Family in Talks to Invest in French Insurer Albingia
Dec 12 2024 // A family office backed by members of the Hermes fortune are among the likely buyers of French insurer Albingia, in an investment that signals a goal to diversify their wealth away from luxury. Krefeld Invest, the family...
