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France turns to Germany for contract in assault rifles
The French military is to buy German assault rifles to replace its venerable French-made service weapon, the FAMAS, the government's military procurement agency announced on Friday.
France, Germany urge ‘impulse’ for EU
The leaders of EU heavyweights Germany and France on Friday called for a new push to invigorate the bloc after Britain's shock Brexit vote.
'It's their own fault' - Trump slams France and Germany
Republican White House nominee Donald Trump has said that France, Germany and other nations hit by recent terror attacks had only themselves to blame ”because they allowed people to come into their territory.”
Pleas for pragmatism as EU charts post-Brexit future
Senior European political figures appealed Sunday for the EU to set aside lofty debate as it struggles with Brexit-style populism, and instead to focus on measures which clearly benefit citizens.
Hollande and Merkel mark centenary of Battle of Verdun
French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel stood shoulder to shoulder Sunday to mark the centenary of Verdun, one of the bloodiest battles of World War I.
Merkel hails Franco-German relations after Verdun invite
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday hailed Franco-German ties as she prepared to attend centenary commemorations for the Battle of Verdun at the invitation of French President Francois Hollande.
France and Germany back Libyan unity government
The foreign ministers of France and Germany made an unannounced visit on Saturday to Tripoli in a show of support for the new unity government striving to bridge Libya's deep political divisions.
Paris attackers 'named' in leaked Isis files
A trove of leaked Islamic State group documents features the names of the three jihadists who carried out the assault on the Bataclan theatre during November's terror attacks in Paris, German media reported on Friday.
France’s oldest nuclear plant 'to close this year'
France is to close down its oldest nuclear power plant, at the centre of a row with neighbouring Germany and Switzerland, by the end of this year, a green minister said Sunday.
France and Germany mark Battle of Verdun centenary
Some 300 people in period costume gathered at dawn in the forest of Caures, near Verdun, to march down the narrow lane where the fighting started.
Germany probes former SS men over French massacre
German authorities said on Friday they had carried out raids at the homes of elderly former SS soldiers accused of war crimes, including involvement in a 1944 civilian massacre in France.
Paris attacker lived in German refugee shelter
A man who attacked a Paris police station last week had lived in a centre for asylum-seekers in Germany, German investigators say, a finding likely to fuel criticism of Chancellor Angela Merkel's liberal stance towards war refugees.
France and Germany decry Saudi executions
France and Germany on Sunday condemned Saudi Arabia’s execution of 47 prisoners, including a Shiite cleric, and voiced concerns about growing tensions in the Middle East following riots in Shiite-dominated Iran.
Europe: promised land for educated refugees
Far from backgrounds of extreme poverty, many of the hundreds of thousands of migrants and refugees inching their way through the continent studied at university or worked in good jobs before disaster hit.
Hollande and Merkel call for strict refugee quotas
Germany and France have agreed that the European Union, facing a slew of migrant crises, should impose binding quotas on the numbers member states take in.
French farmers block German, Spanish trucks
UPDATED: French farmers said on Monday they had blocked and turned back as many as 300 trucks importing food from Germany, the latest protest against a fall in food prices.
Black box from Germanwings crash deemed 'usable'
The second black box from the Germanwings plane that crashed in the French Alps last week has been found after a nine-day search, prosecutors in France said on Thursday.
Crash co-pilot told ex 'all will know my name'
The Germanwings co-pilot who crashed his Airbus in the French Alps, killing all 150 aboard, told his ex-girlfriend that "one day everyone will know my name", according to German newspaper Bild.
'Merkozy' to ride again at CDU conference
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy will attend the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) conference in Cologne and rekindle his partnership with Chancellor Angela Merkel.