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French ski resorts face 'downward spiral' amid climate change and funding meltdown

France, April 5 -- France is the world's leading ski destination after the United States, clocking up around 50 million annual visits to its 249 resorts. "White gold" is a big economic driver, with t... Read More


France's parity law boosts female candidates, but most mayors are still men

France, March 17 -- For the first time, every municipality in France - from major cities to villages with just a few hundred residents - must present gender-balanced candidate lists, following a chang... Read More


France's local elections: who are the contenders in the battle for Paris?

France, March 12 -- Paris has around 2.1 million inhabitants and some 1.4 million of them are registered to vote in France's local elections on 15 and 22 March. Winning Paris is a big prize - and car... Read More


Why expanding €1 meal scheme won't solve student hardship in France

France, Feb. 22 -- Living on a shoestring has long been a feature of undergraduate life, but student poverty is rising in France. A recent survey ofmore than 5,000 university students, carried out by... Read More


How did Lyon become France's capital of political violence?

France, Feb. 20 -- Quentin Deranque, a 23-year-old French nationalist, died from blows to the head during a clash between ultra-right and ultra-left activists in Lyon on 12 February. Deranque was inv... Read More


Why France's agriculture law may not help the farmers it claims to defend

France, Feb. 11 -- The Loi Duplomb, named after conservative senator Laurent Duplomb who proposed it, claims to ease pressure on farmers by loosening rules on pesticide use, large-scale livestock farm... Read More


How drinking culture, linked to French identity, can be a 'tool of exclusion'

France, Feb. 8 -- "I'm not anti-alcohol, I just want more tolerance," says journalist and writer Claire Touzard, who stopped drinking in 2020 and later published a best-selling bookabout her experienc... Read More


'A slightly crazy dream': the French collective reinventing the retirement home

France, Jan. 27 -- Their experiment is La Menardiere, a shared living project in the village of Berat, 40km from Toulouse. On a Saturday lunchtime, six of the 12 current members gather around a large... Read More