The future of nuclear power in France is back in the spotlight after Greenpeace activists broke into a power plant on Monday in a bid to highlight the lack of security. The issue is set to play a key role in next year’s presidential election.
A court fined French state energy firm EDF €1.5 million on Thursday for hiring computer hackers to access the files of the former head of campaigns for Greenpeace France in 2006. EDF runs France's 58 nuclear power plants.
Pierre Briançon discusses BP's bad week - not only has its boss Tony Hayward finally thrown in the towel, but the British oil giant is also reporting record losses - and tells us why cash-strapped French electricity giant EDF is selling its distribution network in the UK.
French electricity giant EDF and nuclear reactor maker Areva sign a wide-ranging partnership deal; why Fiat's unions are angry; and gas shortages which threaten Algeria.
The French government announced on Tuesday that state-owned electricity firm EDF will sign a broad partnership deal with Areva, which manufactures nuclear reactors, to help France regain a leading role in the nuclear energy sector.
French oil giant Total has announced the closure of its Dunkirk refinery but vowed to protect workers, for whom it plans restructuring measures including a new fuel depot and training centre.
The Clearstream case pitted the French President against former Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin, accused of covering up a smear campaign against Nicolas Sarkozy when he was Minister for the Interior. The verdict is due today and will be decisive for Villepin’s political future.
Henri Proglio, the newly appointed chairman of the state-controlled electricity giant EDF, is in the hot seat over retaining his position as head of the oversight board of the company he headed previously, Veolia. Should he stay or should he go?
The French government has been working to calm a bitter row which centers around one man: Henri Proglio and how much he's being paid. Proglio was recently named the new head of EDF - a mostly state-owned utilities. But Proglio also kept his other job as head of energy and service provider Veolia...
Le Parisien compares the French Socialist Party leader with the German chancellor but are the similarities just superficial? This and other stories in today’s French press review.
