More than six billion baguettes are sold every year in France. But the bread is under threat, with bakeries vanishing in rural areas.
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As Macron Pays State Visit to US, Ukraine Tests an Old Alliance
The French president goes to Washington with differences over how to end the war in Ukraine, and how to share its burdens, at the heart of talks with President Biden.
French Lawmakers Back Bill to Enshrine Abortion Rights in Constitution
The bill, which developed in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade, may face opposition in France’s Senate and would have to be approved in a referendum.
At G20 Summit, Xi and Biden Offer Rival Visions for Solving Global Issues
China and the United States showed how global summits are an arena for great powers to compete, with implications for the war in Ukraine and Asia’s future.
Even as Challenges Mount, Europeans Stick by Ukraine
Inflation and anxiety over nuclear weapons may be eating into some popular support for the war, but key governments remain insulated from the pressures for now.
Germany’s Allies Challenge Its Stances on Ukraine and Energy
The government has dismissed criticism of its refusal to provide modern tanks to Ukraine and its massive energy subsidy for its own citizens. But its friends are bridling.
A Shrinking Town at the Center of France’s Culture Wars
A plan to revitalize the town of Callac by bringing in skilled immigrants has divided it and made it an emblem of a nation’s anxiety over its identity and decline.
Schoolgirl’s Killing Shocks France and Fuels Right-Wing Fury
An Algerian woman who had been ordered to leave the country has been arrested and charged in the killing of a girl who was found in a box in Paris, stoking anger over the government’s immigration record.
Strikes Spread in France, Piling Pressure on Macron
Students and transit workers joined a walkout that started at oil refineries. The unrest is a growing problem for President Emmanuel Macron, whose government was already embattled in Parliament.
France Returned 24 Skulls to Algeria. They Weren’t What They Seemed.
The restitution of the remains, said to belong to 19th-century freedom fighters, was hailed as a symbol of reconciliation, but papers obtained by The Times reveal a gesture muddled by politics.