Luxembourg - Turkey expects France to treat its hopes for accession to the European Union fairly when it takes over the EU's rotating presidency on July 1, Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan said

Paris - French natural gas supplier Gaz de France (GDF) and energy concern Suez

Paris - Reacting jointly to the Irish rejection

Paris - French right-wing extremist Jean-Marie Le Pen on Friday saluted the Irish rejection of the Lisbon Treaty, calling it a "magnificent victory."

Paris  - United States President George W Bush was expected to arrive in Paris later Friday to deliver a speech praising a new era in US-European ties, the Paris-based International Herald Tribune

Paris  - Representatives of 67 nations and 17 international organizations gathered in Paris Thursday to give a political boost, and collect a large sum of money, for the international development e