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Marine Le Pen, leader of France's far-right party National Rally, calls for Bridgestone to repay the state aid it received from France over the past five years, after the Japanese tyre manufacturer's announcement it is to close its plant in Bethune, northern France. It would lead to the loss of 863 jobs and cause economic havoc in the local community. Le Pen criticises the government's "free trade" policy, which she believes leads to "the unfair competition represented by massive imports of low-cost production". SOUNDBITES
French Prime Minister Jean Castex arrives in Lille as the northern city experiences a resurgence of the Covid pandemic, and where masks are now mandatory in certain public sites. IMAGES
On his arrival in French Guiana, at the Matoury air base, French Prime Minister Jean Castex visits a medicalised A400M aircraft that is helping to fight the coronavirus epidemic, which is still very active in the French Overseas Territory. IMAGES
Hospital staff gather in Marseille to demonstrate a few days before the closing of the "Segur de la santé" - a government-led consultation with health sector professionals and unions on the future of the French health service. They want more than the 6.3 billion already pledged by the government. IMAGES
French people confined to their homes meet at 8 p.m. once again to cheer, from their windows and baconies, the efforts of the country's hospital staff on the 4th day of the confinement amid the coronavirus epidemic. IMAGES
French people queue to pay their final respects to Jacques Chirac, who died on Thursday at the age of 86. The coffin, draped in the red white and blue colours of the French flag, was placed at the entrance of Saint-Louis des Invalides Cathedral, under a giant portrait of the former president. IMAGES
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