enFind all the latest articles and watch TV shows, reports and podcasts related to France on France 24https://s.france24.com/media/display/99f8a93a-e6c1-11ee-9116-005056bf30b7/w:1280/p:16x9/img-default-F24.jpghttps://www.france24.com/en/tag/france/https://www.france24.com/en/tag/france/Tue, 23 Dec 2025 08:57:14 GMThttps://www.france24.com/en/video/20251222-france-races-to-pass-stopgap-budget-law-after-talks-for-proper-budget-fail France faces emergency stopgap legislation to avoid a government shutdown after lawmakers abandoned 2026 budget talks on Friday, failing to agree on a compromise ​bill. Members of a joint committee of lawmakers from both houses threw in the towel ‍after less than an hour of talks to agree a budget bill. Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu said he would consult with key political leaders ​on Monday on the next steps to be taken, adding there was no longer ​enough time for a parliamentary vote on a budget before the end of the year. Story by Bryan Quinn. 65b093a0-df52-11f0-a9d0-5bfa31afbfcfMon, 22 Dec 2025 16:31:04 GMTFRANCE24https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251222-china-hits-french-cheese-with-tariffs-broadening-trade-conflict China ⁠will impose provisional duties of up to 42.7% on dairy products imported from the European Union, the latest in a series of measures against EU exports widely seen as retaliation for the bloc's electric vehicle tariffs. c275325a-df50-11f0-953d-99efae3d56bcMon, 22 Dec 2025 16:10:39 GMTFRANCE24https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251222-french-pm-lecornu-races-to-pass-special-budget-law-to-avoid-shutdown Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu held talks on Monday with French political leaders on emergency legislation to keep the government running in the new year in the ​absence of a proper budget. A joint committee of lawmakers from both ‍chambers failed on Friday to hammer out a full 2026 budget bill, forcing Lecornu to seek stopgap legislation, a so called 'special law', ​to allow spending, tax collection and borrowing to continue in January. Details and analysis by FRANCE 24 reporter Clovis Casali. 2c8a468a-df42-11f0-8a45-69b9ea399afbMon, 22 Dec 2025 15:19:13 GMTFRANCE24Francehttps://www.france24.com/en/france/20251222-cyberattack-disrupts-france-s-postal-service-during-christmas-rush A Cyberattack has disrupted France’s postal service, La Poste, halting deliveries during the peak Christmas season. Customers of the company’s banking arm, La Banque Postale, were blocked from using the application to approve payments or conduct other banking services.  be653cfc-df44-11f0-9d13-e550d048480dMon, 22 Dec 2025 14:58:51 GMT© Masha Macpherson, APFRANCE 24https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251222-re-imagining-the-christmas-yule-log-cake-meet-parisian-hotel-lutetia-s-chef With Christmas just days away, festive preparations are in full swing for those celebrating. In France, one of the traditions is eating a Christmas log cake, or “bûche de Noel”. On the set, Carys Garland is joined by Nicolas Guercio, the executive pastry chef at Hotel Lutetia in Paris. Discover the history behind the “bûche de Noel” and how, as a chef, Nicolas re-imagines the tradition every year. c008e794-df3e-11f0-9b2f-69b9ea399afbMon, 22 Dec 2025 14:10:13 GMTFRANCE24https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251222-france-to-build-a-new-aircraft-carrier-as-a-display-of-nation-s-power French President Emmanuel Macron is in the United Arab Emirates to celebrate Christmas with the French troops stationed there. Macron also held meetings with the Emirati president - as part of efforts to strengthen bilateral ties - and provide stability for the Middle East. The UAE is a major purchaser of French military hardware. Story by Catherine Viette. 85adf770-df1f-11f0-b7ee-31d7196682b5Mon, 22 Dec 2025 10:36:46 GMTFRANCE24Europehttps://www.france24.com/en/europe/20251222-live-us-ukraine-hail-productive-miami-talks-but-no-breakthrough ⁠Russian ‍forces ​launched ⁠a drone attack on ​Ukraine's ‍Black ​Sea port of ​Odesa on Monday evening, regional Governor ‍Oleh Kiper said on Telegram. Earlier on Monday, a senior Russian general was killed after an explosive device detonated under his car in southern Moscow. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said peace negotiations were "close to a real result" despite contradictions from the Kremlin. Follow our liveblog to see how the day's events unfolded. c3c03540-dedf-11f0-81cc-43f1e9a14461Mon, 22 Dec 2025 05:57:03 GMT© Evgeniy Maloletka, APFRANCE 24https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251221-france-to-build-new-aircraft-carrier-to-boost-its-capacities-as-a-maritime-power France ​will ⁠build a new aircraft carrier to boost ​its ‍capacities ​as a maritime ​power, President Emmanuel Macron told French troops gathered at a military ‍base in ​Abu Dhabi. Macron arrived in the United Arab Emirates on Sunday to celebrate Christmas with troops and to discuss bilateral ties with the Gulf state. France24 International Affairs Editor Shirli Sitbon explains. 1df495c4-de81-11f0-9914-4b78ebe672cbSun, 21 Dec 2025 15:27:47 GMTFRANCE24https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251221-replay-french-president-macron-adresses-troops-deployed-in-united-arab-emirates France ​will ⁠build a new aircraft carrier to boost ​its ‍capacities ​as a maritime ​power, President Emmanuel Macron told French troops gathered at a military ‍base in ​Abu Dhabi. Macron arrived in the United Arab Emirates on Sunday to celebrate Christmas with troops and to discuss bilateral ties with the Gulf state. d8b68b34-de80-11f0-902b-4b78ebe672cbSun, 21 Dec 2025 15:25:13 GMTFRANCE24Europehttps://www.france24.com/en/europe/20251221-live-putin-ready-to-talk-to-france-s-macron-on-ukraine-says-spokesman The French presidency said Sunday that it welcomed Russian President Vladimir Putin’s willingness to speak with President Emmanuel Macron over the war in Ukraine, adding that the conditions for such talks would be determined in coming days. In an interview published earlier Sunday, a Kremin spokesman said Putin has “expressed readiness to engage in dialogue with Macron". Read about the day’s events as they unfolded on our liveblog.  1e0741ac-de3f-11f0-a9de-e3d7ba31ff2cSun, 21 Dec 2025 07:33:42 GMT© Odd Andersen/Stéphane Mahe, AFPFRANCE 24Europehttps://www.france24.com/en/europe/20251219-french-government-warns-farmers-against-christmas-blockades-over-cattle-cull The French government held talks with farmers' unions on Friday and warned against staging further blockades during the Christmas holiday season after days of angry protests over a mass cull of cows ordered in response to an outbreak of lumpy skin disease. b4fe956e-dd0f-11f0-9de1-759b8ec841d6Fri, 19 Dec 2025 19:28:06 GMT© Nicolas Mollo, APFRANCE 24Francehttps://www.france24.com/en/france/20251219-paris-court-rejects-bid-to-suspend-fashion-giant-shein-after-sex-doll-scandal French fashion giant Shein was issued with an "injunction" on Friday as a Paris court ordered the e-commerce giant not to resume selling "sexual products that could constitute pornographic content, without implementing age-verification measures". But the court stopped short of handing Shein an outright suspension requested by the government, which said it would appeal the ruling. 250f6086-dced-11f0-ac3c-ede673e7bb75Fri, 19 Dec 2025 15:34:51 GMT© Abdul Saboor, ReutersFRANCE 24Down to Earthhttps://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/down-to-earth/20251219-from-trash-to-fine-dining-the-french-startup-recycling-oysters-into-porcelain Oysters are a Christmas staple in France, but thousands of empty shells are bound for trash bins once the festivities are over. One French company is rescuing waste shells and using them to make porcelain and paving stones. Our Down to Earth team reports. e8d015f4-dcbd-11f0-9a1c-75780a534d86Fri, 19 Dec 2025 14:16:13 GMTValérie DEKIMPEhttps://www.france24.com/en/video/20251219-how-france-investigates-its-cold-cases In France, dozens of serial killer cases from the 1980s remain unsolved. The fact that serial killers existed in France "was ignored by the authorities" Thierry Lévêque, independent journalist and author of Le Continent des oublié.e.s, tells us more about France's cold cases and how its approach to crime has changed since. b9c669f4-dccf-11f0-b387-4378ac24ad9eFri, 19 Dec 2025 11:49:13 GMTFRANCE24Francehttps://www.france24.com/en/france/20251218-repatriated-second-frenchwoman-syrian-camps-is A French court on Thursday sentenced a woman repatriated from Syrian camps holding Islamic State group members to 10 years in prison for terrorist conspiracy. Carole Sun, 30, left France for Syria in 2014 and was arrested by Kurdish forces in 2017 as the Islamic State group collapsed. ce280c40-dc66-11f0-a29b-3b907d916e8aThu, 18 Dec 2025 23:16:25 GMT© Delil Souleiman, AFPFRANCE 24https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251218-christmas-ornaments-did-the-french-invent-them 🎄 Once upon a time, people would use apples and other fruits to decorate their #Christmas trees. So how did we end up with glass balls? Turns out a French glassblower might have had something to do with it… f02eceb0-dc2e-11f0-b4d9-654a48cec884Thu, 18 Dec 2025 17:03:43 GMTFRANCE24https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251218-fake-french-coup-videos-go-viral-traced-to-burkinab%C3%A9-student Earlier this week, several AI-generated videos claiming a coup d’état in France were posted on Facebook. The fake clips quickly went viral, prompting outrage from the Élysée Palace. An investigation by Le Monde revealed that a young Burkinabé student, eager to make a name for himself, was behind the videos. The incident highlights how platforms like Meta still lack robust safeguards against the spread of fake content, as FRANCE 24's Emerald Maxwell explains. 031ac5e8-dc2e-11f0-b3eb-1be46faab903Thu, 18 Dec 2025 17:01:57 GMTFRANCE24https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251218-bianca-costa-i-went-partying-with-neymar 🇧🇷🇫🇷From Rio to Paris, @BiancaCosta is blending bossa nova and rap into her own sound, the bossa trap. The result? 50 million streams worldwide 🌍 Now 26, she’s releasing her debut album, “Gringa”, Portuguese for “the foreigner”.  Speaking with FRANCE 24’s Stella Elgersma, she talks about Brazilian creative energy, the musical influences in her album and her friendship with Neymar.  ca4635e8-dc2f-11f0-a5e5-1be46faab903Thu, 18 Dec 2025 16:51:56 GMTFRANCE24Francehttps://www.france24.com/en/france/20251218-police-search-french-culture-minister-rachida-dati-home-offices-corruption-probe French police searched Culture Minister Rachida Dati's private home and offices on Thursday as part of a corruption investigation involving her European Parliament mandate, the French Financial Prosecutor has said. Dati, who is running for mayor of Paris in upcoming municipal elections, is due to go on trial next year in a separate case involving accusations of corruption and abuse of power. 41c9b2a0-dc2d-11f0-90cb-1be46faab903Thu, 18 Dec 2025 16:46:49 GMT© Michel Euler, AP file photoFRANCE 24Entre Noushttps://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/entre-nous/20251218-all-you-need-to-know-about-b%C3%BBche-de-no%C3%ABl-the-traditional-french-christmas-dessert One of the highlights of the Christmas season here in France is the food. The main feast usually happens on Christmas Eve and the traditional dessert is the incredible Yule log or bûche de Noël. More than eight million Yule logs are sold in France every year, with three quarters of them purchased in late December. Eugenie Pont from Fou de Pâtisserie tells us where this delicious dessert comes from. d2061886-dc0a-11f0-9889-dbd379039cedThu, 18 Dec 2025 16:22:43 GMTGenie GODULAhttps://www.france24.com/en/video/20251218-brussels-farmers-block-roads-to-protest-eu-mercosur-trade-deal Farmers, particularly in France, worry the Mercosur deal,  which will be discussed at the EU leaders meeting, will see them undercut by a flow of cheaper goods from agricultural giant Brazil and its neighbours. 799b6122-dc20-11f0-9608-83f7768c16dcThu, 18 Dec 2025 14:47:28 GMTFRANCE24https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251218-france-marks-international-migrants-day-amid-growing-pressure-on-migrant-workers On International Migrants Day, hundreds of groups across France are mobilizing to highlight migrants’ contributions and struggles as immigration rules tighten and expulsions rise. Migrant workers remain vital to sectors like restaurants and construction, even as many face years of insecurity, with expulsions up sharply in 2024. 6e5e4e10-dc10-11f0-94fe-8fec38ce67ddThu, 18 Dec 2025 13:37:18 GMTFRANCE24Press Reviewhttps://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/press-review/20251218-how-much-does-it-cost-to-live-like-emily-in-paris-vanity-fair-did-the-maths PRESS REVIEW – Thursday, December 18: French paper Le Monde reveals who was behind the viral AI fake news video that announced a coup in France. Next, some good news: a mama polar bear adopts a cub in a rare case of polar bear bonding. Also: the new season of Emily in Paris is out and we calculate exactly how much it would cost to live like Emily. Finally, we do an art quiz with our presenter. d9406122-dbee-11f0-a724-4b4790abdce9Thu, 18 Dec 2025 13:24:25 GMTElitsa GADEVAhttps://www.france24.com/en/video/20251218-lumpy-skin-disease-sparks-french-farmers-protests French farmers are protesting the Mercosur trade deal and a livestock disease called lumpy skin disease, which affects cattle with painful nodules and fever. Laura Darnat, a French horse breeder and chicken farmer in Perigueux, spoke to FRANCE 24 about the farmers’ demands. They want cows vaccinated against lumpy skin disease, measures to prevent avian flu, and isolation of infected animals rather than culling. “We’ve received false promises, and until we have something concrete on the table, we will stay in place,” the farmer said. a165747a-dc0e-11f0-9efc-d54214f3164dThu, 18 Dec 2025 13:21:34 GMTFRANCE24