Accessibility links
France France
Stories About

France

Thursday

Wednesday

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

toggle caption
Pascal Guyot/AFP/Getty Images

The Two-Way

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

toggle caption
Remy Gabalda/AFP/Getty Images

The Two-Way

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

toggle caption
Anna Maria Jakub/Getty Images

The Salt

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

Listen · 4:37
Transcript
  • Download
  • <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/148521433/148654733" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
  • Transcript

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

toggle caption
Juste Philippe/Maxppp /Landov

The Salt

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.

Tuesday

France And Germany, A Love Story
Ferdinand Ostrop/AP

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

Listen · 23:07
Transcript
  • Download
  • <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/141478551/141489741" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
  • Transcript

Tuesday

Friday

The Dream Of Europe And The Bailout Of Greece

Peace symbol? Michael Probst/AP hide caption

toggle caption
Michael Probst/AP

Planet Money

The Dream Of Europe And The Bailout Of Greece

"We need Greece, we need Spain, we need Italy," a cab driver told us. "It's the ending of war and it's the beginning of a new future. It's the dream for European peoples."

The Dream Of Europe And The Bailout Of Greece

Listen · 15:00
Transcript
  • Download
  • <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/140746357/140756683" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
  • Transcript

Friday

Strauss-Kahn's Supporters Talk Of Political Resurrection

June 6, 2011, file photo: Dominique Strauss-Kahn during a hearing in New York State Supreme Court. Allan Tannenbaum/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

toggle caption
Allan Tannenbaum/AFP/Getty Images

The Two-Way

Strauss-Kahn's Supporters Talk Of Political Resurrection

If the sexual assault case against the former head of the International Monetary Fund collapses, he may be able to return to prominence in France — where he was expected to be a leading contender in next year's presidential election.

Thursday

Monday

With Muscular Moves, Sarkozy Aims To Define An Independent France

French President Nicolas Sarkozy. Philippe Lopez/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

toggle caption
Philippe Lopez/AFP/Getty Images

The Two-Way

With Muscular Moves, Sarkozy Aims To Define An Independent France

The French president has long hoped "to lead a risky international mission that holds out promise of ultimate glory," says Harvard's Arthur Goldhammer.

NPR's Renee Montagne talks with Arthur Goldhammer

  • <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/135313349/135310017" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
As French Ban On Veils Goes Into Effect, Some Women Defy The Law

An unidentified veiled woman, flanked by friends, was taken away by police officers in Paris earlier today (April 11, 2011). France's new ban on Islamic face veils was met with a burst of defiance, as several women appeared veiled in front of Paris' Notre Dame Cathedral. Michel Euler/AP hide caption

toggle caption
Michel Euler/AP

The Two-Way

As French Ban On Veils Goes Into Effect, Some Women Defy The Law

Some women wearing the veils protested outside Paris' Notre Dame Cathedral. At least two were detained by police.

Eleanor Beardsley, from Paris

  • <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/135312495/135310018" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">

Wednesday

Wednesday

Thursday