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Louvre museum says Mona Lisa could get a room of her own

The Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci, the world's most famous portrait, could get a room of its own in the Louvre, the museum's president said on Saturday. http://dlvr.it/T65NLy

‘Unfair competition’: French farmers up in arms over EU free-trade agreements

French farming unions are taking aim at the European Union’s free-trade agreements, which they say open the door to unfair competition from products arriving from overseas. At a time when the EU is urging farmers to adopt more sustainable – and sometimes more costly – agricultural practices, unions say these trade deals are making it hard for them to stay solvent. http://dlvr.it/T27xcF

Farmers arrested as protests blockade key food market, close in on Paris

French police arrested about 20 farmers on Wednesday as convoys of tractors edged closer to Paris, Lyon and other key locations, with many ignoring police warnings over the scope of their action. http://dlvr.it/T27Zjp

French farmers close in on Paris as government struggles to calm protests

French police arrested some protesting farmers on Wednesday as convoys of tractors edged closer to Paris, Lyon and other strategic locations in France, with many ignoring warnings of police intervention if they cross red lines laid down by ministers. http://dlvr.it/T278TF

Navigating the Off-Road Fuel Tank Market: A Comprehensive Analysis of Trends, Dynamics, and Future Prospects

Global Off-road Fuel Tank market has experienced remarkable growth, fueled by escalating environmental concerns, government incentives, and technological advancements. This surge in demand presents a plethora of opportunities for various stakeholders, including Passenger Car and Commercial Vehicle manufacturers. This article delves into the current trends, market dynamics, and future prospects of the Off-road Fuel TankContinue reading "Navigating the Off-Road Fuel Tank Market: A Comprehensive Analysis of Trends, Dynamics, and Future Prospects" http://dlvr.it/T266cy

Navigating the Constant Velocity Driveshaft Market: Trends, Challenges, and Future Prospects

Introduction: The global Constant Velocity Driveshaft market is evolving rapidly, driven by a confluence of factors such as environmental concerns, government incentives, and technological advancements. This article delves into the current trends, market dynamics, and future prospects of the Constant Velocity Driveshaft market, exploring key regions like North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and emerging markets. MarketContinue reading "Navigating the Constant Velocity Driveshaft Market: Trends, Challenges, and Future Prospects" http://dlvr.it/T266TW

🔴 Live: French PM Attal outlines government priorities amid mass protests by farmers

Prime Minister Gabriel Attal outlines the government's plans for agricultural policy in front of parliament as French farmers blocked off key roads around Paris for a second day on Tuesday. http://dlvr.it/T24d7j

France offers police €1,900 Olympics bonus to stave off strike action

French police working on the Paris Olympics will receive a one-off bonus of up to 1,900 euros ($2,060), the interior ministry said Tuesday under a major public pay deal intended to placate trade unions. http://dlvr.it/T24crZ

In pictures: French farmers maintain 'siege' of Paris in standoff with government

Protesting farmers prepared to encircle Paris with traffic-snarling barricades for a second day Tuesday, using hundreds of lumbering tractors and mounds of hay bales to block highways leading to France's capital to pressure the government over the future of their industry, which has been shaken by repercussions of the Ukraine war. http://dlvr.it/T23rCs

French farmers vow Paris 'siege' as tractor protest converges on capital

French farmers will launch an indefinite "siege" of Paris beginning Monday, choking off major highways and moving toward the capital as they demand better working conditions.  http://dlvr.it/T21Ky1

French PM Attal visits farmers as agricultural unions prepare to mount Paris 'siege'

French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal visited a cattle farm on Sunday, his office said, as agricultural unions prepare to mount a "siege" on the French capital to pressure the government into meeting their demands on pay, tax and regulations. http://dlvr.it/T1zjFh

Environmental activists hurl soup at the Mona Lisa in Paris's Louvre Museum

Two protesters from a climate and agricultural NGO hurled soup onto the bulletproof glass protecting Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" painting in Paris, demanding the right to "healthy and sustainable food". http://dlvr.it/T1zj3Y

From sledgehammers to milking robots: French film charts half a century on a dairy farm

Gilles Perret’s “La Ferme des Bertrand” is something of a rarity in French film: a tale of rural success for three generations of a family of dairy farmers. Its release next week has acquired added resonance as farmers across France rise up in protest at taxes, costs and regulations they say are killing their livelihoods. http://dlvr.it/T1yV2h

French farmers vow to continue protests despite government concessions

French farmers vowed Saturday to continue protesting, maintaining traffic barricades on some of the country's major roads a day after the government announced a series of measures that they do not fully address their demands.  http://dlvr.it/T1yC5f

Macron administration promulgates controversial immigration law

The administration of French President Emmanuel Macron published the formal text of a new immigration law in its Official Journal on Saturday, with the first instructions on applying the legislation already presented to officials. http://dlvr.it/T1xw3P

With six months to go before the 2024 Olympic Games, will Paris be ready?

The Paris 2024 Olympic Games are just six months away and the countdown is on to get everything ready in time, from logistics and security to transport and construction. But will the French capital be ready? FRANCE 24's Katrine Lyngsø went to find out. http://dlvr.it/T1wXTl

Traffic jams as French farmers block highway near Paris to protest low prices

French farmers blocked one of the main motorways linking Paris with the northern city of Lille and Belgium on Friday, causing lengthy traffic jams as part of nationwide protests over low food prices and excessive bureaucracy. http://dlvr.it/T1w9Gv

Ahead of Olympics, France seeks to boost role of sport in schools

With just six months to go until the Paris Olympics, there's increasing scrutiny of the value France places on physical education. Athletes like track and field star Stéphane Diagana have criticised the government for not "taking sport more seriously" in schools, while unions want more investment in infrastructure. President Emmanuel Macron has made a series of announcements aimed at making France a great sporting nation and helping young people be more active. Some have welcomed the initiatives, but others say they fall short. FRANCE 24's Carys Garland and Jade Levin report. We also hear from Ayodélé Ikuesan, a French sprinter and Olympic athlete. http://dlvr.it/T1w8xg

Turkey’s President Erdogan signs off on Sweden’s NATO membership ratification

Turkey published a measure approving Sweden's membership in NATO in its official gazette on Thursday, finalizing the ratification that brings the previously nonaligned country a step closer to joining the military alliance.  http://dlvr.it/T1tNTN

Mission to the Moon: French start-up tests space habitat in the Alps

A French start up has been testing a prototype space habitat that it hopes will soon be able to provide shelter and a base for experiments for astronauts on the Moon as NASA and others plot a return to the lunar surface. http://dlvr.it/T1t5Jd

Anti-Semitic acts nearly quadrupled last year in France, says Jewish organisation

Anti-Semitic acts in France nearly quadrupled in 2023 compared with the previous year, a Jewish organisation said Wednesday, reflecting a surge in discrimination since the October 7 attack by Hamas on Israel. http://dlvr.it/T1sHqH

India rolls out red carpet for Macron as France hopes to build on trade deals

President Emmanuel Macron was given a red carpet welcome and an elephant honour guard on Thursday as he started a two-day visit to India, with France eyeing lucrative deals with the world's fifth-largest economy. http://dlvr.it/T1sHWl

Fewer, older, poorer: France’s farming crisis in numbers

The protests sweeping across France have cast a renewed focus on the plight of farmers, a shrinking and ageing category at the mercy of volatile prices and grappling with a bleak economic outlook. FRANCE 24 talks to an economist and a unionist about the key figures behind France’s farming crisis. http://dlvr.it/T1qtBw

In pictures: French farmers block roads, bridges as protests sweep country

French farmers stepped up their protests on Wednesday across the country and in Brussels against low wages and what they consider to be crippling regulation, mounting costs and other problems threatening their livelihoods.  http://dlvr.it/T1qDwn

Sci-fi thriller ‘The Animal Kingdom’ tops nominations for France's César awards

Oscar hopeful “Anatomy of a Fall” was narrowly bested by a beastly sci-fi thriller in the nominations race for France’s answer to the Academy Awards Wednesday. http://dlvr.it/T1qDfC

'Fed up': French farmers increase pressure on government as protests continue

French farmers' representatives threatened to expand protests on Monday before a meeting with government to address anger over price pressures, taxes and green regulation – grievances that are shared by farmers across Europe. http://dlvr.it/T1nNTZ

From 1924 to 2024: Spotlight on the Paris Olympics, then and now

Paris is preparing to hold the Olympics this summer, but did you know that the last time the French capital hosted the Games was exactly 100 years ago? Much has been forgotten about the 1924 Olympics, but records were broken, champions were made and more women athletes took part than ever before. FRANCE 24's Stéphanie Trouillard and Claire Paccalin went to see what’s left of the 1924 Olympic stadiums and find out which ones will be used again in the Games this year. http://dlvr.it/T1mJSv

Tens of thousands of protesters across France call on Macron not to sign immigration law

Tens of thousands of people marched in the streets of cities across France on Sunday to call on President Emmanuel Macron not to sign into law tough new legislation on immigration that they say bears the footprint of the far right and betrays French values.  http://dlvr.it/T1lv76

French politicians attempt to appease angry farmers ahead of European elections

France's new Prime Minister Gabriel Attal paid tribute to the country's agriculture sector this weekend, responding to the growing discontent of farm workers angry at red tape and high costs. http://dlvr.it/T1h0gJ

The Paris Louvre gets pricey

Get the week's arts and entertainment news with Eve Jackson, including ticket price hikes at the world’s most visited museum, a delightful exhibition of Art Nouveau designer Alphonse Mucha's work and a look at the life of French painter Pierre Bonnard as a new film is released about him. We also stop off in London to check out some of the 450 objects going under the hammer from award-winning Netflix series "The Crown" which has now wrapped up, including Princess Diana's iconic "Revenge Dress". http://dlvr.it/T1dm9j

French forests: Putting down roots

Into the woods we go on this week's French Connections. Over 30 percent of mainland France is covered by forests. It's the fourth most forested country in Europe. We explore this heritage, why France’s trees are suffering, and how, for some, hugging a tree can do a body good. http://dlvr.it/T1YYlT

'Natalist injunctions': Macron sparks uproar with call to revive France's birth rate

President Emmanuel Macron's plan to revive France's sluggish birth rate sparked an outcry on Wednesday, with feminists and left-wing politicians accusing him of seeking to control women's bodies. http://dlvr.it/T1WlLW

France's new culture minister says will run for Paris mayor, just days in the job

France's controversial new culture minister, Rachida Dati on Wednesday said she plans to run for Paris mayor in 2026, only days after joining President Emmanuel Macron's reshuffled government. http://dlvr.it/T1W41z

Football star Benzema files defamation complaint against French minister

Karim Benzema on Tuesday filed a complaint for defamation against French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin, who last year said the former Real Madrid star had “notorious” links with the Muslim Brotherhood. http://dlvr.it/T1VfJm

French court confirms Lafarge ‘complicity in crimes against humanity’ charges over Syria factory

France's highest court on Tuesday rejected a request by French cement maker Lafarge to dismiss charges of complicity in crimes against humanity as part of an investigation over how it kept its factory running in Syria after war broke out in 2011. http://dlvr.it/T1SY2F

Aerospace startup Pixxel launches new 30,000 sqft spacecraft manufacturing, testing facility

Aerospace startup Pixxel launches new 30,000 sqft spacecraft manufacturing, testing facility http://dlvr.it/T1RczX /> http://dlvr.it/T1S8dg

‘Enemy No. 1’: Kim Jong-un wants to revise North Korea’s Constitution to re-designate South Korea

‘Enemy No. 1’: Kim Jong-un wants to revise North Korea’s Constitution to re-designate South Korea http://dlvr.it/T1Rcyg /> http://dlvr.it/T1S8J1

Private school faux pas spells trouble for France’s new education minister

France's new Education Minister Amélie Oudéa-Castéra has been accused of lying about why she enrolled her children in a private school, in a row that has overshadowed President Emmanuel Macron's attempt to relaunch his second term with a government reshuffle. http://dlvr.it/T1S7vY

Macron to hold rare press conference at Elysée following cabinet reshuffle

France's President Emmanuel Macron is to answer questions from the media at a rare press conference on Tuesday as he seeks to turn around his second term with a new cabinet. http://dlvr.it/T1S7Vb

Residents of France's Reunion Island hunker down as Cyclone Belal barrels in

Hundreds of thousands of people on France's Indian Ocean island of Reunion hunkered down in their homes under a strict lockdown on Monday as a devastating storm that has already left one dead started to rip through the territory. http://dlvr.it/T1Pl0k

Reunion Island residents on highest alert as Cyclone Belal storms in

Residents on France's Reunion Island were confined to their homes early Monday, as the authorities issued the highest alert for what they said could become a devastating tropical storm. http://dlvr.it/T1Pkhn

Five migrants die after trying to cross Channel to UK

Four migrants died overnight and a fifth was found dead on Sunday after trying to reach Britain from northern France despite freezing temperatures, the French maritime authority said. http://dlvr.it/T1PkGV

France renews support for Ukraine after Russia launches overnight strike

France's newly appointed Foreign Minister Stéphane Séjourné met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv on Saturday on his first official visit abroad, vowing that Paris would maintain its support as Russia’s full-scale invasion nears its second anniversary. http://dlvr.it/T1Pjyy

French PM Attal's new cabinet maintains key defence, interior ministers

France's new Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, 34, unveiled his government on Thursday with several cabinet members remaining in their posts, including hardline Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin and controversial Justice Minister Éric Dupond-Moretti. http://dlvr.it/T1PjYv

China opposes Japan’s congratulatory message to Taiwan president-elect

China opposes Japan’s congratulatory message to Taiwan president-elect http://dlvr.it/T1MLkF /> http://dlvr.it/T1MhHp

This Week in Explainers: Is a wider conflict in West Asia imminent?

This Week in Explainers: Is a wider conflict in West Asia imminent? http://dlvr.it/T1MLhr /> http://dlvr.it/T1Mh2p

Taiwan urges China to ‘face reality’ after voters select pro-sovereignty candidate Lai Ching-te as president

Taiwan urges China to ‘face reality’ after voters select pro-sovereignty candidate Lai Ching-te as president http://dlvr.it/T1MLg9 /> http://dlvr.it/T1MgnW

It’s 100th day of Israel-Hamas war and there’s no end in sight, yet

It’s 100th day of Israel-Hamas war and there’s no end in sight, yet http://dlvr.it/T1MLg8 /> http://dlvr.it/T1MgXn

41 hostage prison workers freed in Ecuador, 136 still captive

41 hostage prison workers freed in Ecuador, 136 still captive http://dlvr.it/T1MLfv /> http://dlvr.it/T1MgGD

Gabriel Attal becomes France's youngest and first openly gay premier

Gabriel Attal, 34, took the reins on Tuesday as France's youngest-ever prime minister as President Emmanuel Macron sought to revamp his government following a year of protests and criticism from both the left and the right.   http://dlvr.it/T1L1f7

France drops renewables targets, prioritises nuclear in new energy bill

Critics are deriding as a step backward a new French energy bill that favours the further development of nuclear power and avoids setting targets for solar and wind power and other renewables. http://dlvr.it/T1L1Tt