The row stems from a proposal by Gabriel Zucman, an economist, to tax wealth of over €100m ($117m) at 2% a year. This would touch the richest 1,800 households, a fraction of the 358,000 that paid the old wealth tax, abolished by President Emmanuel Macron in 2018. Mr Zucman says the tax could raise €15bn-25bn a year.

France has dropped its case before the International Court of Justice against Iran for violating the right to consular protection of two French citizens who have been held in detention for over three years,

A family of three, including a small child, have become the first people to arrive in the U.K. from France under a new “one in, one out” exchange policy in which Britain returns migrants who enter the country without authorization and France sends

Mali suspended its counter-terrorism cooperation with France, days after its former colonial ruler said it’ll do the same following the arrest of a French envoy in Bamako.

French President Emmanuel Macron says France is officially recognizing the state of Palestine. The move came during a U.N. conference chaired by France and Saudi Arabia aimed at generating new support for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict,

The head of Dassault Aviation said on Tuesday the French planemaker had the capability to develop a new fighter jet alone and challenged Germany to do the same in the latest sign of tensions threatening to blow apart a shared European project.

Gery was joined by compatriot Marion Bunel on the podium but the relentless climbing and difficult conditions proved too much for the British contingent

Protesters have hit France with transport strikes, demonstrations and blockades that are targeting the Paris Metro and other sectors.