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Urban Parisian Vines Produce Wine With A Drop Of History

Crowds watch as Clos Montmartre's grapes are harvested during its annual October wine festival. Jacque Brinon/AP hide caption

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The Salt

Urban Parisian Vines Produce Wine With A Drop Of History

Winemaking isn't just for the countryside — at least not in France. There's an urban vineyard located in the heart of the French capital. In the 1920s, local artists planted grapevines to prevent a developer from wiping out the block.

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Friday

Sacre Bleu! French Bees' Taste For M&Ms Makes For Colored Honey

We knew the Honey Nut Cheerios bee liked sweet stuff. But imagine what would happen if he met green M&M? Doug Kanter/Rusty Jarrett/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Sacre Bleu! French Bees' Taste For M&Ms Makes For Colored Honey

Beekeepers in Alsace couldn't figure out why their honey was coming out in shades of blue and green. But the answer was not far away. A plant that processes waste from an M&M factory was just too tempting to the bees.

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'Seismic Shift' In Europe After French And Greek Elections

In Paris on Sunday, supporters of newly elected president Francois Hollande celebrated. Joel Saget/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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'Seismic Shift' In Europe After French And Greek Elections

The election of Socialist Francois Hollande in France and the rejection of austerity policies in Greece raise serious questions about the future of the euro and the fate of the continent's economic union.

Eleanor Beardsley, reporting on 'Morning Edition'

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Monday

To Keep His Job, France's Sarkozy Must Reach To The Right

French President Nicolas Sarkozy after Sunday's vote. Marc Piasecki/Getty Images hide caption

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To Keep His Job, France's Sarkozy Must Reach To The Right

Far-right National Front candidate Marine Le Pen could determine who wins the May 6 runoff. She finished a surprisingly strong third on Sunday. If Sarkozy can't appeal to enough of her supporters, he could lose to Socialist Francois Hollande.

Eleanor Beardsley on 'Morning Edition'

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Monday

French Muslims Ease Cultural Tensions With French-Halal Food

A butcher shop in Paris, which prominently advertises that it sells halal meat. Michel Euler/AP hide caption

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The Salt

French Muslims Ease Cultural Tensions With French-Halal Food

Halal meat butchers have a reputation for quality in France. And with an estimated 6 million Muslims now living there, halal products are becoming increasingly popular, and sometimes political. Now one French-Algerian restaurant is trying to make French-Halal fusion food official.

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Developing: Suspect Surrounded In France, Claims Al-Qaida Ties

French police officers at the scene of the siege today in Toulouse, where a suspect in recent killings is said to be holed up in an apartment. Pascal Guyot/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Developing: Suspect Surrounded In France, Claims Al-Qaida Ties

Seven people — three children and a rabbi at a Jewish school, and three French soldiers — have been shot to death in recent weeks. According to France's interior minister, the suspect claims he was avenging the deaths of Palestinian children.

Monday

Killings At School In France Follow Earlier Murders Of Soldiers

Young people walk away from the Ozar Hatorah Jewish school, on Monday in Toulouse, southwestern France, where at least four people (three of them children) were killed and one seriously wounded when a gunman opened fire. It was the third gun attack in a week by a man who fled on a motorbike. Remy Gabalda/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Killings At School In France Follow Earlier Murders Of Soldiers

Authorities say a gunman killed at least four people outside a Jewish school. One was a rabbi who taught Yiddish there. Two were his young sons. The fourth was a young girl. Last week, a gunman killed three French soldiers in the same part of France.

Thursday

In France, Politicians Make Halal Meat A Campaign Issue

French President Nicolas Sarkozy listens to a butcher during a visit to the butchery pavilion at the Rungis international food market, near Paris, in February. Anna Maria Jakub/Getty Images hide caption

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In France, Politicians Make Halal Meat A Campaign Issue

France may be in the middle of an economic crisis, but politicians seem more interested in talking about halal meat and religious dietary rules. It all began when National Front Party presidential candidate Marine Le Pen said that non-Muslims in Paris were unwittingly eating halal meat.

In France, Politicians Make Halal Meat A Campaign Issue

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Tuesday

Why McDonald's In France Doesn't Feel Like Fast Food

A McDonald's breakfast meal in Villeurbanne, France includes fresh baguettes and jam spreads with coffee for $4.55. Juste Philippe/Maxppp /Landov hide caption

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Why McDonald's In France Doesn't Feel Like Fast Food

France, the land of haute cuisine, is McDonald's second most profitable market. That's partly because the company has figured out that to win over the French, it must encourage people to take their time while eating.

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France And Germany, A Love Story
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Planet Money

France And Germany, A Love Story

Germany and France are tied together by fate. On today's show, the story of France and Germany — the relationship on which the fate of Europe depends.

France And Germany, A Love Story

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