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PS election fraud must be probed
FORMER Socialist Party leadership candidate Ségolène Royal is demanding the party investigate allegations of fraud in the election she lost ? or sue the authors of a book making the claims.
The pr…
Loophole could save Scientology
A NEW law has been ?discovered? that means that whatever the outcome of France?s Scientology trial, the French branch of the group cannot be dissolved.
French Scientology ? considered to be a cul…
Hortefeux faces race slur charges
INTERIOR minister Brice Hortefeux faces charges by an anti-racist group alleging racist defamation after his comments to an Arab youth in a video clip.
The executive committee of the anti-racist grou…
Hadopi 2 due to be passed
A LAW designed to punish illegal downloaders in France is finally due to be passed by the National Assembly today after months of fierce debate.
The ?Hadopi 2? legislation will set out a system of …
Cheap cinema deal this week
SPECIAL ?4 cinema seats are on offer until Wednesday as part of La Rentrée du Cinéma.
The end-of-summer event has been extended to include Wednesday, allowing people to watch some of the new rele…
TGV runs over man sleeping on tracks
A DRUNKEN music festival fan has escaped unharmed after a TGV ran over the top of him as he slept between the train tracks on the Paris-Quimper line.
The train driver had spotted a body on the line a…
Barclays hit by French card fraud
A GANG managed to withdraw more than ?200,000 in one night from cash machines across the north of France using stolen British bank cards.
At least 34 men and women travelled to Calais from London wi…
Milk strike could hit shop supplies
FRESH dairy could start to disappear from supermarket shelves early next week after 30,000 French milk producers walked out on strike.
Independent milk producers? association APLI has called the str…
Interior Minister racism furore
OPPOSITION MPs have called for the resignation of Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux after he was caught on video making remarks about a man’s race during an UMP Party event in the south-west.
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Doubt and anger over carbon tax
THE ANNONCEMENT that taxe carbone will be set at ?17 a tonne has been met with strong criticism on how much it will cost to enforce and whether it will work.
The price of a litre of petrol will rise…