This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. The European Investment Bank (EIB) has granted a €450 million loan to Thales to finance its research and development investment programme in aeronautics and radar technologies. This programme, is set to run until the end of 2027 and. aims to enhance the safety and efficiency of both […]France: EIB backs Thales with €450 million loan
September 18, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. The European Investment Bank (EIB) has granted a €450 million loan to Thales to finance its research and development investment programme in aeronautics and radar technologies. This programme, is set to run until the end of 2027 and. aims to enhance the safety and efficiency of both […]France: EIB backs Sodiaal, France’s largest dairy cooperative
September 16, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. The European Investment Bank (EIB) has granted a €70 million loan to Sodiaal – the largest dairy cooperative in France and the third largest in Europe – enabling it to finance its research, development and innovation programmes from 2025 to 2028. With its more than 8 000-member […]Strengthening Public Investment in Francophone Sub-Saharan Africa
August 25, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with IMF. The IMF, with financial support from the Governments of Japan and Germany, and in collaboration with regional technical assistance centers (AFRITACs Central and West), organized three editions of the Interregional Seminar on Public Investment Management (SEIGIP) in 2022, 2023, and 2025 in the region. The three editions, each […]France: EIB provides finance for Touax Rail’s investment plan
June 13, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. Touax has announced a €50 million green loan – a loan that is entirely dedicated to climate action – from the European Investment Bank (EIB) for the freight railcars part of its business. The EIB, which is the EU climate bank, is backing Touax’s sustained commitment to […]France: BNP Paribas signs an agreement with the EIB to generate up to €8 billion in wind energy investments
February 17, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. BNP Paribas has signed an agreement with the European Investment Bank (EIB) that will stimulate up to €8 billion of funding for wind energy projects across the European Union. This initiative will unlock key investments to support new wind farm projects, supply chain efficiency and improved […]EIB Group invests €12.6 billion to back growth, the green transition and innovation in France in 2024
February 17, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. The European Investment Bank Group (EIB Group) delivered a strong performance in France last year, with €12.6 billion in long-term investment provided directly or indirectly to private sector companies of all sizes and public sector organisations. France received more EIB Group funding than any other country in […]France: EIB and Societe Generale announce agreement to stimulate up to €8 billion investment in the wind industry
January 16, 2025 by 1 Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Societe Generale have agreed on a new initiative which has the potential to unlock investment of up to €8 billion to support wind energy manufacturers in Europe. The EIB will provide a €500 million counter-guarantee to Societe Generale, that the […]France: Healthcare and energy transition – EIB and the Credit Agricole strengthen their support for French regions with €700 million of financing
December 20, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. Healthcare: €400 million to help liberal healthcare professionals set up and increase the number of women working in these professions Crédit Agricole is the first bank that approached the EIB on the theme of healthcare and incorporated gender criteria, supporting liberal healthcare professionals at every stage […]France: Healthcare and energy transition – EIB and the Credit Agricole strengthen their support for French regions with €700 million of financing
December 18, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. Healthcare: €400 million to help liberal healthcare professionals set up and increase the number of women working in these professions Crédit Agricole is the first bank that approached the EIB on the theme of healthcare and incorporated gender criteria, supporting liberal healthcare professionals at every stage […]France: Hijab ban during sports, ‘discriminatory and must be reversed’ say experts
October 29, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Independent human rights experts on Monday called on France to reverse bans that prevent Muslim women and girls who wear the hijab from participating in sports, citing concerns that these restrictions are discriminatory and violate international human rights obligations. The UN Human Rights Council-appointed experts criticised the decision […]France: EIB invests €150 million in EDF’s €3 billion green bond issue on 11 June 2024
June 17, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. The European Investment Bank (EIB) has invested €150 million in a €3 billion multi-tranche senior green bond issue from energy company EDF. The EIB investment applies to the longer-term (20-year) bond tranche, with the EIB’s contribution representing 12% of the financing for this €1.25 billion tranche. EIB Vice-President Ambroise […]Croatia, France and Poland join EU’s strategic reserves for chemical, biological and radiological emergencies
February 21, 2023 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. To improve the EU preparedness and response to chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) threats, the Commission is building strategic reserves of response capacities through the EU Civil Protection Mechanism and the Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (HERA). Today, Croatia, France, and Poland […]EU job-search aid worth €3.7 million for 297 dismissed Airbus workers in France
February 17, 2022 by 1 Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. Almost 300 Airbus employees in France who lost their jobs because of the COVID-19 pandemic will receive €3.7 million in EU aid. On Wednesday, Parliament approved France’s request for support from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers (EGF). MEPs acknowledged that “in […]EU job-search aid worth €3.7 million for 297 dismissed Airbus workers in France
February 2, 2022 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. Almost 300 Airbus employees in France who lost their jobs because of the COVID-19 pandemic should receive €3.7 million in EU aid. On Tuesday, the Committee on Budgets approved France’s request for support from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers (EGF). MEPs […]State aid: Commission approves 2022-2027 regional aid map for France
January 25, 2022 by 1 Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission has approved under EU State aid rules the map of France for granting regional aid from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2027 within the framework of the revised Regional aid Guidelines (‘RAG’). The revised RAG, adopted by the Commission on […]State aid: Commission approves €5.7 billion French scheme to support production of electricity from small solar installations on buildings
August 30, 2021 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a €5.7 billion French aid scheme to support renewable electricity production from small solar installations located on buildings. The measure will help France achieve its 2030 target of producing 33% of its energy needs […]State aid: the Commission authorises the regulatory mechanism for the storage of natural gas in France
June 28, 2021 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission has concluded that the regulatory mechanism for the storage of natural gas implemented by France since 2017 complies with EU rules on State aid. The measure will contribute to the security and diversification of the energy supply in France without unduly […]EU solidarity in action: Commission proposes €86.7 million for the recent natural disasters in France and Greece
March 22, 2021 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the European Commission is proposing a financial support of €86.7 million from the European Union Solidarity Fund (EUSF) to provide relief to the population of several regions in France and Greece hit by natural disasters in 2020. Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms, Elisa […]State aid: the Commission launches an in-depth investigation into the regulation mechanism for natural gas storage in France
March 2, 2020 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission has launched an in-depth investigation in order to determine whether the regulation mechanism for the storage of natural gas implemented by France complies with EU rules on State aid. Ms Margrethe Vestager, Executive Vice-President in charge of competition policy, stated: ‘France has […]Yellow vests, rising violence – what’s happening in France?
March 2, 2020 by 2 Comments
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Clement Le Goff, Senior Reporter, France Télévisions On the street, we see a tendency towards rising extremism across the political spectrum; Macron crystallizes the anger of all protestors and their language is getting more and more violent; Journalists, […]Can climate change wait for the US to rejoin the Paris agreement?
November 6, 2019 by 1 Comment
The US administration informed the United Nations (UN) two days ago that is starting the official process of withdrawing from the Paris Agreement the moment that the whole world is experiencing the warmest October of the last forty years according to a research from a global group of around 11.000 scientists. On the other hand, […]UN Climate Action Summit concludes with insufficient EU and global pledges
September 25, 2019 by Leave a Comment
The UN Climate Action Summit took place last Monday in New York but the commitments announced were not enough to counterbalance the devastating effects of climate change which is damaging our planet with high temperatures and tremendous natural phenomena. Although the EU is an ambitious contributor to the global efforts to fight climate change and […]Record-breaking heatwaves killed about 1,500 people in France
September 13, 2019 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Rosamond Hutt, Senior Writer, Formative Content In late July, a heatwave engulfed Europe, breaking temperature records in the UK, France, the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. It was the second episode of extreme heat to hit the continent since June. […]G7: A serious setback hardly avoided in iconic Biarritz
August 26, 2019 by 1 Comment
The G7 yearly summits are supposed to strengthen the unity of the world’s wealthiest democracies vis-à-vis the rest of the world. Not anymore, many say, but this time there is one important exception: Iran. The leaders of France, Britain, Germany, Italy, Canada, Japan and of course the US, met during the weekend in the coastal […]The French army is enlisting sci-fi writers to predict the future
August 5, 2019 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Dan Salazar, Director, Mastercard & Carlos Monteverde, Product Manager, Mastercard Think the unthinkable. Then write it down. That’s the mission for a new team working inside the French army. The “red team” will be made up of science fiction […]State aid: Commission approves support for six offshore wind farms in France
July 29, 2019 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission has found support to six large offshore wind farms in French territorial waters to be in line with EU State aid rules. The measures will help France reduce CO2 emissions, in line with EU energy and climate goals, without unduly distorting […]EU-Turkey relations: EU considers imposing sanctions while Turkey keeps violating Cyprus’ sovereignty
July 10, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Turkey continues violating the sovereignty rights of Cyprus by conducting a new illegal drilling operation on the northeast of the island. The EU had already urged Turkey last month to stop its gas drilling in waters around Cyprus. Thus the EU bloc will now have to intervene to resolve such disputes. However, Turkey kept on […]The end of Spitzenkandidat: EU leaders concluded unexpectedly on EU top jobs
July 3, 2019 by Leave a Comment
The EU leaders finally came to a conclusion after three long days of tough negotiations where German Chancellor’s suggestion to appoint Frans Timmermans as next European Commission president has been turned down by Italy and eastern countries. The solution was given with the nomination of a woman and particularly German Defence Minister Ursula von der […]France and Germany can’t reach consensus regarding EU’s top jobs
June 26, 2019 by Leave a Comment
The EU leaders are expected to meet again on Sunday to discuss about who will be taking over the EU top jobs, while France and Germany seem unable to agree who will be the successor of Jean-Claude Juncker. Last week’s EU summit didn’t conclude on the matter, something that exerts extra pressure onto the bloc’s […]Disillusioned young people – France thinks it has a solution
June 25, 2019 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Johnny Wood, Senior Writer, Formative Content France is trialling a new national service programme for 15 and 16-year-olds, twenty years after the country phased out conscription for men. Called the “service national universel” (SNU), the scheme was proposed by […]EU elections 2019: Trump’s share in the support of populism
May 15, 2019 by Leave a Comment
It was last Monday when the US President Donald Trump met the Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán at the White House. Both leaders had the beautiful chance to praise each other at a gathering which lasted less than an hour. Only a few days ahead of the EU elections, the US President clearly shows his […]EU elections 2019: Rise of nationalist trends and populism in Europe challenges the EU edifice
May 8, 2019 by Leave a Comment
The European elections are going to be held in just two weeks’ time and far-right propaganda is gaining momentum creating concerns to everyone regarding the future of the EU, which is at stake. Populism and nationalism have dramatically risen in the EU during the last years menacing democratic institutions within a number of European member […]France is about to start giving free breakfasts to disadvantaged schoolchildren
April 25, 2019 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Kate Whiting, Senior Writer, Formative Content Growing minds need fuel, but 1 in 8 children in certain French schools are starting a day off learning on an empty stomach. So France has become the latest country to introduce a […]
