France (French: [fʁɑ̃s] Listen), officially the French Republic (French: République française),[14] is a transcontinental country predominantly located in Western Europe and spanning overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans.[XII] Its metropolitan area extends from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea; overseas territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean. Due to its several coastal territories, France has the largest exclusive economic zone in the world. France borders Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Monaco, Italy, Andorra, and Spain in continental Europe, as well as the Netherlands, Suriname, and Brazil in the Americas via its overseas territories in French Guiana and Saint Martin. Its eighteen integral regions (five of which are overseas) span a combined area of 643,801 km2 (248,573 sq mi) and close to 68 million people (as of July 2022).[5][8] France is a unitary semi-presidential republic with its capital in Paris, the country’s largest city and main cultural and commercial centre; other major urban areas include Marseille, Lyon, Toulouse, Lille, Bordeaux, and Nice.
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Lorenzo Bagnato
13 August 2024 - 11:41
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US companies invest billions in France, with focus on AI
Lorenzo Bagnato
13 May 2024 - 17:17
American tech and pharmaceutical giants announced billions of dollars in investments in France. The biggest focus is on the country’s young AI sector.
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Germany and France posted better-than-expected inflation data: what will happen next in the European Union?
What does Borrell’s statement on Taiwan mean for the EU’s future?
Lorenzo Bagnato
24 April 2023 - 12:50
Either a false alarm or the start of a historic change. With a unified European response on Taiwan, the EU will truly be a geopolitical entity for the first time.
Protests Tear France Apart, Bordeaux City Hall on Fire. Is this the end of Macron?
Lorenzo Bagnato
24 March 2023 - 11:15
The pension reform approved on Monday has lit France up in massive and violent protests. Macron, however, is adamant in his decision.
Macron’s Pension Bill is Passed, only 9 votes keep Elisabeth Borne as France’s PM
Lorenzo Bagnato
20 March 2023 - 19:05
The final leg of Macron’s controversial pension bill is concluded. With Elisabeth Borne confirmed as France’s Prime Minister, the reform is passed.
Macron Passes Pension Bill without Parliament Approval, what is happening in France
Lorenzo Bagnato
16 March 2023 - 18:11
French president Emmanuel Macron overran the Parliament to pass a controversial pension bill, a move that could lose him government support.
France locked in Nation-Wide protests against Pension Reform. Will Macron concede?
Lorenzo Bagnato
31 January 2023 - 15:45
Emmanuel Macron has been trying to reform the pension system in France for years now. The public, however, has always been fiercely against.
Germany dances with China, leaves France on the hook. EU more divided than ever
Lorenzo Bagnato
26 October 2022 - 16:48
With the worst political crisis in Europe since WWII, relations between France and Germany keep worsen while Berlin strikes new deals with China.
Here’s how France and the UK plan to save energy this winter
Lorenzo Bagnato
7 October 2022 - 15:19
As European countries prepare for the impending gas crisis, let us see two different strategies implemented by the UK and France to reduce energy consumption.