Full coverage: France

Elivia, the billion-euro meat processor part-owned by the Browne and Queally families, is roaring ahead. The Irish partners are giving themselves time to decide on a full takeover.

For the umpteenth time, the French president has heralded a “new method” of government. This time, a hung parliament is forcing him to go through with this promise.

France has come out a winner in creating a start-up nation under President Emmanuel Macron. But does a national strategy make sense any more or should we be looking for European-wide policies?

This time, French voters have clearly chosen to move their elections away from the post-WWII battleground between centre-right and centre-left. The constitutional implications and the lessons for democracy are profound.

St Patrick’s Day marks both a time for reflection on national identity and the start of the tourist season. Two centuries ago, a French travel writer contributed to both. Some of his comments on Ireland's sights, traditions and government ring strangely true today – others not so much.

Bruno Candès is a partner at the French private equity firm that owns the Mater Private Hospital, a group of 14 nursing homes and has just agreed to buy half of eir’s fibre network. He explains why Irish infrastructure fits Infravia’s strategy.

Former EU Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier now runs the international campaign of presidential candidate Valérie Pécresse. He sat down with The Currency in Paris to discuss British and unionist attitudes to the NI Protocol, changing the EU, corporation tax and identity politics.

Divisions on the far right and on the left favour French President Emmanuel Macron’s re-election chances in two months’ time. Can the Gaullists return and challenge Macron's stance as the last man standing against extremism? Thomas Hubert reports from Paris.

After years struggling along without returning profits, French beef processing giant Elivia turned a corner in 2020. The Queally and Browne families own half the company, with an option to take it over fully in the coming years.

Despite Emmanuel Macron’s denial, Paris is putting pressure on Dublin to accept an international minimum corporation tax rate. While the French president publicly targets "big digital groups" such as those routing profits through Ireland, this has a lot more to do with tax optimisation by French firms elsewhere.