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Eve of the Vote: France's Budget Faces Its First Verdict
The National Assembly votes Tuesday on the 2027 budget's revenue section, with the RN's 122 deputies as kingmakers, a censure threat hanging over 49.3, and debt at a record 119% of GDP.
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France Peaks at Home: The Last Europétanque at Cagnes-sur-Mer
Équipe de France beat Lacroix, Doerr and Mièvre 13-9 in Sunday's final at Cagnes-sur-Mer — the last Europétanque before the event returns to Nice — with the World-championship team hitting form one month out from the Mondiaux.
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Nine Days Out: The Salon du Chocolat Returns to Paris
The 31st Salon du Chocolat et de la Pâtisserie opens October 28 at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles — 240 exhibitors, a chocolate fashion show, and a French institution that treats cocoa as craft, not candy.
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Le Large Opens Its Doors on Île Seguin
A brand-new contemporary art center opens its free opening weekend today on the island where Renault built the 4CV — 120 works, 55 artists, and a long-awaited second act for one of France's most storied industrial sites.
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The Last Dance at Cagnes
The Europétanque des Alpes-Maritimes plays its last triplette weekend at the Cagnes-sur-Mer hippodrome before moving to Nice in 2027 — 512 teams, Dylan Rocher defending, and one month until the World Championships.
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Three Days to the Vote: France's Budget Endgame
The Assembly's solemn vote on the revenue half of the 2027 budget lands Tuesday, October 20 — after a week of amendments, warnings from the markets, and 122 RN deputies holding the deciding cards.
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French Filmmakers Are Writing to Save Their Cinema
An open letter from France's biggest directors warns the 2027 budget could cut the support that keeps French cinema alive — and raises an old question about what America and France each choose to pay for.
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The €30.9 Billion Vote Nobody in Brussels Wants to Discuss
France's parliament approved its EU budget contribution for 2027, but the vote exposed how fragile the consensus behind Europe's next seven-year budget really is.
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Four Medals, No Title — the strange year of the Bleues
France's women brought home four European medals in 2026 and not one title. A club player weighs what all that silver and bronze is worth.
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France's Budget Fight: 236 Votes, One Deficit, and a Country Holding Its Breath
The rejection motion failed, the revenue debate is open, Mélenchon has a counter-plan, students are still blocking schools, and the IMF is watching. A dry look at the numbers behind France's autumn of discontent.
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The Week the Clocks Stop Agreeing
France falls back on October 25, America a week later. For seven days the Atlantic gets one hour wider — and every family call becomes a math problem.
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A Year's Grace
The European Commission proposed a one-year delay to its methane rules for oil and gas imports after pressure from France and the United States. Climate groups call it a betrayal; industry calls it reality.
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