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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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  • Thursday, 26 January, 2023
    Luxury goods
    LVMH lifts dividend as record profits defy downturn

    Biggest luxury group confident it can sustain pace of growth even as analysts expect slowdown

  • Tuesday, 24 January, 2023
    News in-depthDrug prices
    Big pharma groups rejoin battle with governments on drug prices

    Tight budgets and US reforms are ending a truce between the industry and health authorities

  • Sunday, 22 January, 2023
    French politics
    Macron and Scholz meet in bid to improve strained relations

    German and French leaders pledge to strengthen EU and continue to back Ukraine

  • Sunday, 22 January, 2023
    Architecture
    The rebirth of Notre-Dame: from ashes of lead to ‘symbol of hope’

    Paris cathedral on track to reopen late next year after a fire devastated the Gothic masterpiece

  • Friday, 20 January, 2023
    France
    Macron to boost French defence spending in response to Ukraine war

    Military budget increase aims to bring France in line with Nato spending commitments

  • Thursday, 19 January, 2023
    French politics
    French transport and schools hit by strikes against pension reform

    Unions oppose President Emmanuel Macron’s proposal to raise retirement age from 62 to 64

  • Wednesday, 18 January, 2023
    Luxury goods
    Burberry and Richemont sales hit after China’s Covid surge hammers demand

    Stronger numbers from Europe and Japan not enough to offset hit to luxury goods groups

  • Wednesday, 18 January, 2023
    Europe Express
    EU parliament graft scandal to widen as main suspect turns informant Premium content

    Also in today’s newsletter: new Iran sanctions under discussion and a dispatch from Paris as strikes loom

  • Saturday, 14 January, 2023
    Person in the News
    Delphine Arnault, an LVMH heir steps up at Dior

    The executive will take over a thriving brand in her biggest operational role yet

  • Wednesday, 11 January, 2023
    UK foreign policy
    Sunak and Macron to attend first UK-France summit for five years

    Two leaders will use meeting to foster co-operation on security and migration after period of frosty relations

  • Wednesday, 11 January, 2023
    LVMH
    Bernard Arnault promotes daughter Delphine in LVMH reshuffle

    Pietro Beccari is appointed head of biggest brand Louis Vuitton as part of management moves

  • Tuesday, 10 January, 2023
    French politics
    Macron government unveils plans to raise French retirement age to 64

    Prime minister Élisabeth Borne seeks to assuage union anger at reforms by vowing to increase minimum pension

  • Monday, 9 January, 2023
    News in-depthFrench politics
    ‘We must work longer’: Macron prepares for fight over French pensions reform

    Passing law on retirement system is test of whether president can deliver on his second-term agenda

  • Wednesday, 4 January, 2023
    War in Ukraine
    France to send ‘tank killer’ armoured vehicles to Ukraine

    Kyiv has been pushing its allies to provide equipment such as the AMX-10 and Bastion personnel carrier

  • Friday, 30 December, 2022
    Coronavirus pandemic
    UK, France and Spain rush in new Covid controls for arrivals from China

    Surge in case numbers after Beijing’s scrapping of tight restrictions raises concern over new variants

  • Sunday, 18 December, 2022
    News in-depthEU immigration
    France urges UK to overhaul asylum system to curb Channel tragedies

    Interior minister Gérald Darmanin wants treaty between Britain and EU to establish legal entry routes

  • Wednesday, 14 December, 2022
    French economy
    France struggles to keep older workers in the labour market

    Macron wants to raise retirement age but over-55s say they face barriers to employment

  • Tuesday, 13 December, 2022
    FIFA World Cup
    World Cup success gives Moroccan diaspora chance to celebrate cultural roots

    Atlas Lions’ run sparks widespread excitement as fans cheer first African team to reach semi-finals

  • Sunday, 11 December, 2022
    French politics
    France’s Les Républicains select hardline new leader

    Eric Ciotti, a veteran MP from Alpes-Maritimes, will head the rightwing party as it fights to survive

  • Friday, 9 December, 2022
    Media
    Brad Pitt puts Plan B in motion with sale to French media group

    Actor’s independent production house ready to go ‘grander and more global’ after deal worth $300mn with Mediawan

  • Friday, 9 December, 2022
    EU energy
    Spain and France say planned undersea pipeline will cost €2.5bn

    Countries abandon idea of first piping natural gas through link and say it will carry only hydrogen

  • Sunday, 4 December, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    Kyiv and Baltics hit out at Macron’s stance on Russia

    French president’s critics say Moscow should ensure Europe’s security once Ukraine conflict ends

  • Friday, 2 December, 2022
    Global trade
    French hail ‘breakthrough’ in EU dispute with US over climate law

    Finance minister Le Maire says Biden signalled openness to addressing concerns of allies on green incentives

  • Thursday, 1 December, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    Biden says he is prepared to speak to Putin about ending Ukraine war

    Comments mark furthest US president has gone in expressing openness to talks with Russia’s leader

  • Thursday, 1 December, 2022
    Global trade
    Macron says US climate law risks ‘fragmenting the west’

    French leader’s criticism on first day of state visit to America shows growing row over Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act

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