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    Leila Abboud is the Paris bureau chief for the Financial Times. She joined the Financial Times in 2018 as the consumer industries correspondent, and has more than a decade of experience covering business in Europe. She has also been an opinion columnist at Bloomberg, and a reporter at Reuters and the Wall Street Journal.
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    • Saturday, 28 January, 2023
      Gucci Group
      Kering picks Italian designer as Gucci creative director

      French luxury group appoints Sabato de Sarno to reverse trend of underperformance at its biggest brand

    • Thursday, 26 January, 2023
      Luxury goods
      LVMH lifts dividend as record profits defy downturn

      Biggest luxury group confident it can sustain pace of growth even as analysts expect slowdown

    • Tuesday, 24 January, 2023
      News in-depthDrug prices
      Big pharma groups rejoin battle with governments on drug prices

      Tight budgets and US reforms are ending a truce between the industry and health authorities

    • Sunday, 22 January, 2023
      French politics
      Macron and Scholz meet in bid to improve strained relations

      German and French leaders pledge to strengthen EU and continue to back Ukraine

    • Sunday, 22 January, 2023
      Architecture
      The rebirth of Notre-Dame: from ashes of lead to ‘symbol of hope’

      Paris cathedral on track to reopen late next year after a fire devastated the Gothic masterpiece

    • Friday, 20 January, 2023
      France
      Macron to boost French defence spending in response to Ukraine war

      Military budget increase aims to bring France in line with Nato spending commitments

    • Thursday, 19 January, 2023
      French politics
      French transport and schools hit by strikes against pension reform

      Unions oppose President Emmanuel Macron’s proposal to raise retirement age from 62 to 64

    • Wednesday, 18 January, 2023
      Luxury goods
      Burberry and Richemont sales hit after China’s Covid surge hammers demand

      Stronger numbers from Europe and Japan not enough to offset hit to luxury goods groups

    • Wednesday, 18 January, 2023
      Europe Express
      EU parliament graft scandal to widen as main suspect turns informant Premium content

      Also in today’s newsletter: new Iran sanctions under discussion and a dispatch from Paris as strikes loom

    • Saturday, 14 January, 2023
      Person in the News
      Delphine Arnault, an LVMH heir steps up at Dior

      The executive will take over a thriving brand in her biggest operational role yet

    • Wednesday, 11 January, 2023
      UK foreign policy
      Sunak and Macron to attend first UK-France summit for five years

      Two leaders will use meeting to foster co-operation on security and migration after period of frosty relations

    • Wednesday, 11 January, 2023
      LVMH
      Bernard Arnault promotes daughter Delphine in LVMH reshuffle

      Pietro Beccari is appointed head of biggest brand Louis Vuitton as part of management moves

    • Tuesday, 10 January, 2023
      French politics
      Macron government unveils plans to raise French retirement age to 64

      Prime minister Élisabeth Borne seeks to assuage union anger at reforms by vowing to increase minimum pension

    • Monday, 9 January, 2023
      News in-depthFrench politics
      ‘We must work longer’: Macron prepares for fight over French pensions reform

      Passing law on retirement system is test of whether president can deliver on his second-term agenda

    • Wednesday, 4 January, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      France to send ‘tank killer’ armoured vehicles to Ukraine

      Kyiv has been pushing its allies to provide equipment such as the AMX-10 and Bastion personnel carrier

    • Friday, 30 December, 2022
      Coronavirus pandemic
      UK, France and Spain rush in new Covid controls for arrivals from China

      Surge in case numbers after Beijing’s scrapping of tight restrictions raises concern over new variants

    • Sunday, 18 December, 2022
      News in-depthEU immigration
      France urges UK to overhaul asylum system to curb Channel tragedies

      Interior minister Gérald Darmanin wants treaty between Britain and EU to establish legal entry routes

    • Wednesday, 14 December, 2022
      French economy
      France struggles to keep older workers in the labour market

      Macron wants to raise retirement age but over-55s say they face barriers to employment

    • Tuesday, 13 December, 2022
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      World Cup success gives Moroccan diaspora chance to celebrate cultural roots

      Atlas Lions’ run sparks widespread excitement as fans cheer first African team to reach semi-finals

    • Sunday, 11 December, 2022
      French politics
      France’s Les Républicains select hardline new leader

      Eric Ciotti, a veteran MP from Alpes-Maritimes, will head the rightwing party as it fights to survive

    • Friday, 9 December, 2022
      Media
      Brad Pitt puts Plan B in motion with sale to French media group

      Actor’s independent production house ready to go ‘grander and more global’ after deal worth $300mn with Mediawan

    • Friday, 9 December, 2022
      EU energy
      Spain and France say planned undersea pipeline will cost €2.5bn

      Countries abandon idea of first piping natural gas through link and say it will carry only hydrogen

    • Sunday, 4 December, 2022
      War in Ukraine
      Kyiv and Baltics hit out at Macron’s stance on Russia

      French president’s critics say Moscow should ensure Europe’s security once Ukraine conflict ends

    • Friday, 2 December, 2022
      Global trade
      French hail ‘breakthrough’ in EU dispute with US over climate law

      Finance minister Le Maire says Biden signalled openness to addressing concerns of allies on green incentives

    • Thursday, 1 December, 2022
      War in Ukraine
      Biden says he is prepared to speak to Putin about ending Ukraine war

      Comments mark furthest US president has gone in expressing openness to talks with Russia’s leader

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