French Football Federation President Noël Le Graët has written to
the Argentine equivalent in complaint of its national team's
celebrations following the FIFA World Cup final, while French Sports
Minister Amélie Oudéa-Castéra is also considering contacting her
counterpart.
PARIS (Sputnik) - The Senate, the upper house of the French parliament, has approved a law on emergency measures to shore up citizens purchasing power amid. 03.08.2022, Sputnik International
The Bank of France said the country’s economy grew about 0.25 percent in the second quarter of the year, despite record inflation, the knock-on effects of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and growing uncertainty about the outlook for business.
An assessment based on a monthly survey of 8,500 firms published by the central bank on Tuesday showed that industrial activity last month was stable and services advanced slightly.
This month, business leaders expect a slight decline in industry and moderate growth in services.
“Activity isn’t brilliant, but it is resilient,” Bank of France Governor Francois Villeroy de Galhau told France Info radio yesterday.
TotalEnergies SE does not plan to divest its Russian assets amid the war in Ukraine, as doing so would essentially mean handing them over to Russian President Vladimir Putin, TotalEnergies chief executive officer Patrick Pouyanne said.
“For me it’s a question of accountability and the responsibility of the offshore stakeholders,” Pouyanne told a conference in Doha on Saturday. “Do I give them for free to Mister Putin? Because this is what it means leaving today and giving my shares.”
The French energy firm earlier last week said it would no longer sign or renew contracts to buy oil and petroleum products from
With military troops from the Russian Federation and aligned forces moving further into Ukraine, efforts were attempted – but failed, with Russia blamed – to establish ceasefire agreements that would allow Ukrainian civilians to evacuate Mariupol and Volnovakha.