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Dozens of shoppers rush into the Printemps department store in Paris for the start of the winter sales amid record numbers of Covid cases. IMAGES
Masks and mandatory hand wash: At the Printemps Haussmann department store in Paris, winter sales start with staff cheering the first customers. In Paris, as elsewhere in France, shopkeepers hope to end the winter season on a positive note. IMAGES
French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire officially launches the winter sales at Galeries Lafayette in Paris. Proven by the strike, the shopkeepers hope that the four weeks of promotions will replenish their coffers. IMAGES
EU chief Ursula von der Leyen recommends the bloc drop a plan to cut pesticide use in agriculture as a concession to protesting European farmers. The original proposal, put forward by her European Commission as part of the European Union's green transition, "has become a symbol of polarisation," she tells the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France. SOUNDBITE
Representatives of the majority farming unions, Arnaud Rousseau (FNSEA) and Arnaud Gaillot (Jeunes Agriculteurs), arrive at Matignon to meet French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal and obtain "concrete measures" to deal with farmers' anger. IMAGES
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