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People shop at an open air market in Fontainebleau, south of Paris, France, on Feb. 2, 2024. The French government has announced a new rule that will require stores to tell customers when a product becomes smaller but its price stays the same or increases. This practice, known as shrinkflation, will need to be clearly communicated to shoppers under the rule that takes effect on July 1. The common but often-criticized practice has become an international phenomenon and buzzword. Consumer watchdogs have welcomed the new rule. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)

French government asks retailers to alert customers to cases of ‘shrinkflation’

By Thomas Adamson - Associated Press

The Olympic rings are set up at Trocadero plaza that overlooks the Eiffel Tower in Paris on Sept. 14, 2017. A major French union is warning of possible strikes in the public sector, including at hospitals, during the Paris Olympics. The general secretary of the CGT tells France Info media that the union will give notice of a possible strike in public services during the Games, which are held in July-August. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

To avoid strikes at Paris Olympics, French government to pay bonuses to civil servants

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The almost dry water reservoir of Combani is visible, on the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte, Tuesday Oct. 10, 2023. The government is pinning its hopes on the upcoming rainy season, though residents say it won't be enough to fix the deep-seated water problems. (AP Photo/Gregoire Merot)

Drought and mismanagement have left a French island parched. That holds lessons for the mainland

By Gregoire Merot - Associated Press

Pope Francis is welcomed by French President Emmanuel Macron as arrives at the final session of the "Rencontres Mediterraneennes" meeting at the Palais du Pharo, in Marseille, France, Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023. Francis, during a two-day visit, will join Catholic bishops from the Mediterranean region on discussions that will largely focus on migration. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope Francis insists Europe doesn’t have a migrant emergency and challenges countries to open ports

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Fireworks illuminate the Eiffel Tower in Paris during Bastille Day celebrations late Wednesday, July 14, 2021. France has celebrated its national holiday with thousands of troops marching in a Paris parade and traditional parties around the country. Last year's Bastille Day events were scaled back because of virus fears. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)

A tense France bans sale of Bastille Day fireworks

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

Fans shows tickets in front of the Stade de France prior the Champions League final soccer match between Liverpool and Real Madrid, in Saint Denis near Paris, Saturday, May 28, 2022. Police have deployed tear gas on supporters waiting in long lines to get into the Stade de France for the Champions League final between Liverpool and Real Madrid that was delayed by 37 minutes while security struggled to cope with the vast crowd and fans climbing over fences. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Macron ‘sad and sorry’ after Champions League final chaos

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Suzanne, 5 years old, is tested for COVID-19 in Albigny-sur-Saone, outside Lyon, central France, Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022. Over 12 million French children returned to school Monday. New rules include all children in the same class getting tested three times in the four days if one pupil tests positive for COVID-19. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)

France sees record 271,000 coronavirus cases in single day

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France's President Emmanuel Macron leads a special cabinet meeting from the Fort de Bregancon presidential holidays residence, in Bormes-les-Mimosas, southern France, Monday, Dec. 21, 2021. Macron held a special virus meeting on Monday with some key ministers via video call from his holiday residence at Fort de Bregancon, on the French Riviera, after the country recorded more than 100,000 virus infections in a single day for the first time in the pandemic. (Nicolas Tucat, Pool Photo via AP)

France imposes new virus measures amid spike in infections

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French Prime Minister Jean Castex speaks during a news conference following the weekly cabinet meeting discussions at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, Wednesday, April 28, 2021. The prime minister and interior and justice ministers spoke to reporters after presenting a new anti-terrorism bill that's part of broader government efforts to improve security and intelligence in France. (Gonzalo Fuentes, Pool photo via AP)

France unveils new counterterrorism and intelligence bill

By SYLVIE CORBET - Associated Press

In this Monday, April 8, 2019, file photo, Rwanda's President Paul Kagame answers questions from the media at a press conference at a convention center in the capital Kigali, Rwanda. A report commissioned by the Rwandan government due to be made public on Monday, April 19, 2021, concludes that the French government bears "significant" responsibility for "enabling a foreseeable genocide" that left more than 800,000 dead in 1994 and that France "did nothing to stop" the massacres. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)

Rwanda report blames France for ‘enabling’ the 1994 genocide

By Sylvie Corbet - Associated Press

Medical workers tend to a patient affected with the COVID-19 in the Amiens Picardie hospital Tuesday, March 30, 2021 in Amiens, 160 km (100 miles) north of Paris. France is now facing a deadly new surge of the virus that is overwhelming many hospitals, as critics accuse the government of ignoring warning signs and favoring political concerns over public health. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

Hospital workers despair as France’s virus strategy flails

By ANGELA CHARLTON - Associated Press

France’s limited lockdown beset by glitches as cases rise

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Food delivery companies in France pledge to cut waste

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European Court of Human rights rejects French virus lawsuit

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French Senate pushes Paris to recognize Nagorno-Karabakh

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Supporters of the Muslims Students Organization stand on a representation of a French national flag and defaced images of French President Emmanuel Macron during a protest against the president and against the publishing of caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad they deem blasphemous, in Karachi, Pakistan, Friday, Oct. 30, 2020. Muslims have been calling for both protests and a boycott of French goods in response to France's stance on caricatures of Islam's most revered prophet. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

As anger rises, Muslims protest French cartoons

By ISABEL DEBRE - Associated Press

Bridgestone employees fire flares outside the tire factory of Bethune, northern France, Thursday, Sept.17, 2020. Workers protest over the Japan-based company's decision to close the plant and lay off all its nearly 900 workers. Bridgestone argues the factory is no longer competitive globally, but unions and French politicians accused the company of using the virus-driven economic crisis as a pretext for the closure and not investing in modernizing the plant instead. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler)

French unions protest tire factory closure amid virus crisis

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Luxury goods giant LVMH cancels $14.5B deal for Tiffany

By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO - Associated Press

FILE - In this Wednesday, June 3, 2020 file photo people enjoy a lunch on a terrace of the restaurant Chez Francis, in Paris. Britain will require all people arriving from France to isolate for 14 days - an announcement that throws the plans of tens of thousands of holiday makers into chaos. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)

By sea, rail or by air, Brits scramble to get out of France

By PAN PYLAS and SYLVIE CORBET - Associated Press

Air France workers gather during a protest in front of the company headquarters in Tremblay-en-France, outside Paris Friday, July 3, 2020. Air France is meeting with personnel representatives Friday to discuss thousands of job cuts after the virus pandemic grounded most flights and darkened prospects for future air travel. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Virus-hammered Air France announces 7,500 job cuts

By ANGELA CHARLTON and NICOLAS GARRIGA - Associated Press