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  • Friday, 16 April, 2021
    News in-depthVeolia Environnement VE SA
    Antoine Frérot, the victor in Veolia’s bitter battle for Suez

    CEO says he was ‘rational like Machiavelli’ in takeover fight with arch-rival that divided Paris

  • Wednesday, 14 April, 2021
    News in-depthFrench presidential election
    France’s race for centre-right presidential nomination heats up

    Les Républicains seek candidate capable of taking on Macron and Le Pen

  • Monday, 12 April, 2021
    Veolia Environnement VE SA
    Veolia agrees deal for arch-rival Suez

    Merger of world’s 2 largest water and waste groups after long takeover battle will reshape sector

  • Wednesday, 7 April, 2021
    Inside BusinessHSBC Holdings PLC
    HSBC’s painful retreat from France

    Private equity firm Cerberus set to swoop on lender’s ‘fallen angel’ retail network

  • Tuesday, 6 April, 2021
    Corporation tax
    Global corporate tax deal edges closer after US backs minimum rate

    Any agreement should include taxing tech giants’ global profits, say European countries

  • Tuesday, 6 April, 2021
    Air France-KLM
    French state to inject up to €4bn into Air France-KLM

    Government shareholding in the airline could rise to 29.9%

  • Tuesday, 6 April, 2021
    Eurostar International Ltd
    UK government takes tough line on bailout requests for Eurostar

    Ministers insist struggling train operator should look to shareholders to ease its plight

  • Tuesday, 6 April, 2021
    Cyber Security
    Pandemic brought surge in French cyber attacks, warns Thales CEO

    Corporate hackings rise fourfold, driven in part by staff working from home on less secure computers

  • Thursday, 1 April, 2021
    Atos SE
    Atos shares tumble after accounting errors disclosed

    French IT group says ‘matters’ uncovered by auditors in US units relate to revenue recognition

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    African economy
    Mozambique attack threatens Africa’s biggest investment

    Burgeoning Islamist insurgency focused on district surrounding huge Total gas project

  • Tuesday, 23 March, 2021
    EssilorLuxottica
    EU set to clear EssilorLuxottica’s €7.2bn acquisition of GrandVision

    Antitrust approval subject to sale of more than 350 retail stores across Belgium, Italy and the Netherlands

  • Sunday, 21 March, 2021
    Utilities
    Ardian and GIP make €11.9bn offer for large part of Suez

    French water and waste group hopes bid will pave way for end to hostile takeover by arch-rival Veolia

  • Thursday, 18 March, 2021
    HSBC Holdings PLC
    HSBC in talks to sell French retail network to Cerberus subsidiary

    Negotiations with US private equity firm reflect UK lender’s strategy to sharpen focus on Asia

  • Wednesday, 17 March, 2021
    Eurostar International Ltd
    Eurostar in talks to head off cash crunch, warns majority shareholder

    Train operator needs state aid within the month to get through crisis, says owner SNCF

  • Wednesday, 17 March, 2021
    Poland
    Tension on LGBT+ rights overshadows Poland-France meeting

    Spat over French minister’s remarks stokes EU ire over Warsaw’s increasingly conservative rhetoric

  • Tuesday, 16 March, 2021
    Covid-19 vaccines
    European capitals co-ordinated suspension of Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid jab

    EU drugs regulator insists benefits of Covid vaccine ‘outweigh’ risks of side-effects

  • Monday, 15 March, 2021
    InterviewFrench politics
    Macron’s interior minister confronts Le Pen on her own territory

    Gérald Darmanin defends crackdown on Islamists as helping save France from extreme right

  • Thursday, 11 March, 2021
    European companies
    Renault to sell Daimler stake for €1.2bn

    Carmakers will continue to work on vans and engines together

  • Thursday, 11 March, 2021
    The Big Read
    Amsterdam: Europe’s surprise early winner as Brexit shakes up the City

    The Dutch city has taken some business from London, but Frankfurt and Paris are better placed to take long-term advantage

  • Wednesday, 10 March, 2021
    Climate CapitalHydrogen — Fantasy or fuel of the future?
    Car groups throw spanner in works of EU’s hydrogen drive

    Industry bosses pour cold water on idea fuel can contend with battery power to replace petrol and diesel

  • Tuesday, 2 March, 2021
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    Mark Carney banned from Pontins

    “Several guests are unwelcome at Pontins”. (And they all happen to have Irish surnames.)

  • Monday, 1 March, 2021
    Automobiles
    Carmakers braced for prolonged chip shortage

    Executives warn supply is unlikely to meet demand in the first half of the year

  • Friday, 26 February, 2021
    Suez
    Suez rejects hostile bid from rival Veolia

    French stand-off continues as water and waste group says offer too low and puts jobs at risk

  • Friday, 26 February, 2021
    Engie
    Engie reports €1.5bn loss after €2.9bn charge on Belgian nuclear assets

    French energy group takes hit from pandemic and neighbouring nation’s atomic phaseout

  • Thursday, 25 February, 2021
    Aerospace & Defence
    Safran chief pushes for funding on troubled European fighter project

    Franco-German tensions risk throwing plans for future-generation jet off course

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