France Overview
While France’s GDP growth remains stagnant and unemployment rates are relatively high, the Republic is still the sixth largest economy in the world and boasts a low poverty rate thanks to...
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Tourism
Describing Paris as a popular tourist destination is like saying French wine tastes good. Paris is the most popular tourist destination in the entire world; year in, year out. In 2006,...
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Key Projects
The 12th arrondissement has recently seen completion on the Ateliers de Paris building, a complex of workshops dedicated to new development in the areas of fashion and design. Located on...
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International Relations
France is a charter member of the European Union, which grew out of the ashes of the second world war. France and Germany, bitter enemies that fought three wars against each other in the...
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Government & Politics
France’s Fifth Republic was established by the constitution of 1958. The president is the head of the Republic, governing in accord with a bicameral legislature. While regional and local...
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