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France-Indonesia pact could lead to new Rafale jet orders, says Macron
France and Indonesia have signed a preliminary defence pact that could lead to new orders of French military equipment ...
France GDP improves 0.1% in Q1
The Gross Domestic Product in France expanded 0.10% in Q1 2025 over the previous quarter. GDP expanded 0.60% in Q1 2025 over ...
French Economy Growth Confirmed at +0.1% in First Quarter
(Reuters) -France's economy grew slightly in the first quarter, final data from statistics office INSEE showed on Wednesday, ...
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France as a ‘Resident Power’ in the Pacific
The Diplomat ’s Asia Geopolitics podcast host Ankit Panda ( @nktpnd) is joined by Paco Milhiet, a visiting fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) in Singapore, to discuss ...
Portugal wants EU to pressure reluctant France on power connections
The EU must enforce common market rules to integrate the Iberian peninsula's power grid into wider Europe, overcoming France's reluctance to add interconnections, Portugal said on Tuesday, after a ...
France annual inflation eases to 0.7% in May
France’s annual inflation rate unexpectedly eased to 0.7% in May 2025, the lowest level since February 2021, down from 0.8% ...