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Leila Abboud is the Paris bureau chief for the Financial Times. She joined the Financial Times in 2018 as the consumer industries correspondent, and has more than a decade of experience covering business in Europe. She has also been an opinion columnist at Bloomberg, and a reporter at Reuters and the Wall Street Journal.
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  • Saturday, 27 May, 2023
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    ‘War over water’: drought battle reaches luxury pools of southern France

    Warming climate prompts ban on construction of new homes and swimming pools in hilltop Provence villages

  • Thursday, 25 May, 2023
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    ‘The world is not just China and the US’: luxury industry confident despite headwinds

    Executives unruffled during share sell-off sparked by concerns demand is moderating

  • Tuesday, 23 May, 2023
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    Patrick Drahi’s Altice lifts stake in BT to almost 25%

    Billionaire raises holding from 18% but says he has no plans to make an offer for UK telecoms company

  • Monday, 22 May, 2023
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    Debt-laden French supermarket Casino faces fraught new chapter

    Group built by Jean-Charles Naouri set to begin official talks with creditors as wealthy investors circle

  • Wednesday, 17 May, 2023
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    Former French president sentenced to one-year prison term but will continue legal fight

  • Tuesday, 16 May, 2023
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    Demonstrators allegedly assaulted French president’s great-nephew in Amiens

  • Tuesday, 16 May, 2023
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    Riad Salameh failed to appear before Paris investigators over corruption and money-laundering

  • Tuesday, 16 May, 2023
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  • Friday, 5 May, 2023
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  • Friday, 5 May, 2023
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    President stands firm on unpopular reform, betting resistance from opposition parties and unions will fade

  • Tuesday, 2 May, 2023
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    France’s weakened prime minister ducks an immigration fight

    Élisabeth Borne struggles to find parliamentary allies after forcing through pensions reform

  • Sunday, 30 April, 2023
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  • Friday, 28 April, 2023
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    Also in this newsletter: why Macron is being hounded by pots and pans

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    Germany clashes with Paris and Rome on whether new approach offers member states too much discretion

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  • Tuesday, 18 April, 2023
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    French group extends acquisition spree using its pandemic profits to boost its business

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    French president vows action on social justice and salaries in effort to defuse crisis over newly enacted legislation

  • Friday, 14 April, 2023
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    The week Macron’s grand diplomatic project floundered

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  • Thursday, 13 April, 2023
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    French president seeks to reassure allies that Paris is not changing course after Beijing trip

  • Tuesday, 11 April, 2023
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    Macron allies defend his comments on Taiwan

    France’s president refrains from addressing controversy during speech in Netherlands

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