atlas news
BBC : economy : France
05 january
00h02
The French university where spies go for training
Sciences Po Saint-Germain near Paris trains current French secret agents and potential new recruits.
03 october
16h00
Why France is at risk of becoming the new sick man of Europe
The country is at the conjuncture of several crises at once - but is it fair to blame Macron for ’this shipwreck’?
19 december
00h07
The mega trade deal that has French farmers in uproar
The EU wants a trade deal with four South American nations, but France is strongly opposed.
22 october
10h21
France to pay 38m citizens 100 each to ease costs
The one-off payment to lower-income groups is prompted by the spike in fuel and energy prices.
11 may
17h24
Macron: French leader buffeted by protests and Covid
France’s youngest president came to power after a meteoric rise but has had a challenging first term.
31 july
10h32
Eurozone suffers deepest contraction on record
Spain, France and Italy suffer double-digit falls in economic output as the pandemic hits jobs and spending.
08 march
04h00
World Book Club
An acclaimed French thriller which probes at the fault lines of gender, class and race
23 august
13h00
World War 2: The Economic Battle
War and the French Economy from 1920 - 1940.
28 july
23h11
Will opponents of Europa City stop the project in Paris?
Critics of the 3bn retail park are unhappy because it will be built on farmland
15 december
18h36
French ’yellow vests’ in defiant protests
Dozens are arrested across France, as fewer protesters than in recent weeks defy the government.
14 december
10h49
Euro falls as French protests hit economy
Business activity in France has contracted following the gilets jaunes protests, a survey suggests.
10 december
22h13
Macron promises minimum wage rise
The French president says the anger of yellow vest protesters is deep and in many ways legitimate .
11 november
21h02
Analysis
Can France afford its attachment to the big state? Emma Jane Kirby presents.
20 june
15h03
Assignment
In the town of Amiens tyre manufacturers Goodyear and Dunlop face very different fates
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