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  • Tuesday, 28 June, 2022
    Special purpose acquisition companies
    Europe’s Spacs scramble for targets as market hit by hangover

    The region’s largest blank-cheque vehicle Pegasus Europe is among those seeking a company to merge with

  • Friday, 24 June, 2022
    French politics
    New crop of lawmakers vow to shake up France’s political order

    This year’s intake will change the National Assembly’s make-up and complicate life for Macron

  • Wednesday, 22 June, 2022
    Credit Agricole SA
    Crédit Agricole to cut financing of oil and gas emissions

    French lender focuses on decarbonisation despite resurgence of fossil fuels in wake of Ukraine war

  • Tuesday, 21 June, 2022
    French politics
    Electoral breakthrough puts far-right leader Marine Le Pen ‘back in the game’

    With 89 seats Rassemblement National will be a parliamentary force on issues such as immigration and crime

  • Monday, 20 June, 2022
    French politics
    Macron loses majority in French assembly

    Left-green alliance and resurgent far right will challenge president’s reform agenda

  • Monday, 20 June, 2022
    Europe Express
    French voters deal blow to Macron agenda Premium content

    Deprived of his parliamentary majority, French president will have to seek compromises

  • Friday, 17 June, 2022
    ABN Amro
    BNP Paribas approached Dutch government about ABN Amro acquisition

    Deal would be first major move in long-expected wave of consolidation across Europe’s banking sector

  • Friday, 17 June, 2022
    News in-depthFrench politics
    Macron ally’s election fight underscores threat to president’s majority

    Clément Beaune is one of a number of ministers under threat ahead of Sunday’s National Assembly vote

  • Thursday, 16 June, 2022
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    Suez lines up retaking old UK waste business after Veolia tussle

    French groups wait on British antitrust regulator’s judgment before settling fate of operation

  • Monday, 13 June, 2022
    French politics
    Leftwing alliance makes strong first-round showing in French election

    Macron’s MPs may fall short of majority in National Assembly after Mélenchon calls for ‘surge’ of voters in second round

  • Monday, 30 May, 2022
    Nuclear energy
    Power plant shutdowns hinder France’s ‘nuclear adventure’

    Corrosion in ageing reactors hits output just as president revives atomic energy programme

  • Wednesday, 25 May, 2022
    TotalEnergies
    Total takes 50% stake in wind and solar developer Clearway with $2.4bn deal

    French energy group makes biggest US renewables purchase yet as climate protests disrupt shareholder meeting

  • Tuesday, 24 May, 2022
    Chanel SAS
    Chanel sounds upbeat note despite China lockdowns

    French luxury house says demand remains resilient in markets such as the US

  • Monday, 23 May, 2022
    French politics
    Rape allegations against minister overshadow new French government

    Damien Abad denies allegations by two women that date back to 2010 and 2011

  • Monday, 23 May, 2022
    Management
    Vive la différence between work and play

    France was the first country to give employees the right to digitally disconnect from work. Now the idea is being taken up across Europe

  • Friday, 20 May, 2022
    Person in the News
    Élisabeth Borne, a French technocrat with a political point to prove

    The country’s second female prime minister is known for making impossible reforms possible — a skill she will need in office

  • Friday, 20 May, 2022
    Emmanuel Macron
    Macron sticks by loyalists in new French government

    Economy and interior ministers retained in cabinet headed by Élisabeth Borne

  • Thursday, 19 May, 2022
    Nuclear energy
    Hinkley Point C costs set to soar by another £3bn, warns EDF

    Nuclear power plant now expected to total £25bn-£26bn with further delays anticipated

  • Wednesday, 18 May, 2022
    Transport
    Shipping group CMA CGM to take Air France-KLM stake under cargo tie-up

    Container company seeks to expand its reach after business soared during pandemic

  • Tuesday, 17 May, 2022
    Societe Generale
    SocGen chief Frédéric Oudéa to step down after 15-year tenure

    Europe’s longest-serving bank boss to leave French lender in May 2023 after navigating multiple crises

  • Monday, 16 May, 2022
    Renault SA
    Renault sells Russia business and stake in Lada maker for 2 roubles

    French car group had greater exposure to the country than many rivals

  • Wednesday, 11 May, 2022
    Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA
    Bluebell Capital calls for shake-up at France’s Saint-Gobain

    Fund seeks to reshape one of country’s oldest companies and replace chair of building materials group

  • Tuesday, 10 May, 2022
    Stellantis
    Stellantis chief warns of battery shortages as carmakers switch to electric

    Carlos Tavares says supply challenges will feed into bigger problem of keeping electric vehicles affordable

  • Tuesday, 3 May, 2022
    BNP Paribas SA
    BNP Paribas benefits from trading surge as profits jump

    French lender’s results surpass expectations with 19% increase in net income

  • Monday, 2 May, 2022
    Engie
    French utility Engie buys US natural gas as Europe looks beyond Russia

    Deal with Texas-based NextDecade comes after export company pursued lower emissions

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