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    Sarah White

    Paris correspondent

    Sarah White is a correspondent for the FT in France, with a focus on energy, industry and finance. She was previously in Paris, Madrid and London for Reuters, and covered investment banks and the finance sector, economics as well as politics.
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    • Thursday, 28 September, 2023
      French economy
      France looks at windfall levy to ‘take back control’ of energy prices

      President Emmanuel Macron signals plans for new law aimed at containing electricity prices

      Emmanuel Macron wearing an EDF hard hat
    • Monday, 25 September, 2023
      Climate change
      Macron walks tightrope with green policy ‘à la française’

      French president rules out ban on gas boilers

      Emmanuel Macron
    • Sunday, 24 September, 2023
      EDF
      EDF chief and French government clash over strategy

      Luc Rémont is trying to improve profitability at the recently renationalised nuclear power group

      Luc Rémont
    • Wednesday, 20 September, 2023
      Adani Group
      Total signs first big deal with Adani since short seller attack

      French oil major agrees $300mn wind and solar tie-up with Indian conglomerate’s green energy arm

      Exterior of Total’s headquarters in Paris
    • Tuesday, 19 September, 2023
      Automobiles
      German carmakers in the line of fire of possible EU-China trade war

      Resentment is brewing that Brussels’ subsidies probe against Beijing benefits French rivals

      Visitors look at Volkswagen electric vehicles at the Guangzhou International Automobile Exhibition
    • Monday, 18 September, 2023
      Societe Generale
      SocGen shares slump after Slawomir Krupa cuts profit targets

      French bank’s shares down 12.6% after new chief executive outlines ‘realistic path’

      Société Générale’s chief executive Slawomir Krupa and the bank’s logo
    • Monday, 18 September, 2023
      EU business regulation
      Germany pushes to exempt SMEs from green reporting rules

      Berlin seeks to shield some of its smaller companies from EU sustainability obligations

      Women in blue coats working at a bench
    • Thursday, 14 September, 2023
      Batteries
      French car battery start-up Verkor secures €2bn for first plant

      Funding includes €650mn in state subsidies as well as investments from Macquarie Asset Management and Renault

      The illustration of the large factory is shown with solar panels on the roof, and surrounded by green fields and trees
    • Tuesday, 12 September, 2023
      TotalEnergies
      TotalEnergies extends cap on fuel price at French pumps

      Oil major has been under political pressure from Paris to help tackle resurgent inflation

      A petrol pump
    • Monday, 11 September, 2023
      Societe Generale
      SocGen teams up with Brookfield in private credit push

      Groups to launch €10bn fund that will also target renewable energy and transport

      Société Générale chief executive Slawomir Krupa
    • Saturday, 26 August, 2023
      Saudi Arabia
      Saudi Arabia weighs nuclear power offers from China and France in bid to sway US

      Kingdom has made such technology a key demand in talks with Washington over sensitive security pact

      Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman
    • Monday, 7 August, 2023
      Insurance
      NHS troubles present ‘business opportunities’, says Axa chief

      French insurer seeks to take advantage of stresses in UK’s state-funded health system

    • Sunday, 6 August, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Ukraine allies buoyed by ‘constructive’ China signals at Jeddah talks

      Moscow not invited to forum but Beijing positive on engaging in future negotiations on finding a resolution to war

      Representatives from more than 40 countries pose for a picture at talks on Ukraine in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on Sunday
    • Thursday, 3 August, 2023
      Societe Generale
      SocGen beats profit expectations despite rate rise cap in France

      French lenders hit by rule that limits pace at which interest rate increases can be passed on to households

      Société Générale headquarters in Paris, France
    • Tuesday, 1 August, 2023
      Media
      French newspaper faces mass departures over appointment of rightwing editor

      Journal du Dimanche staff had protested at arrival of Geoffroy Lejeune ahead of impending takeover by billionaire Vincent Bolloré

      Vincent Bolloré
    • Tuesday, 1 August, 2023
      Atos SE
      Křetínský in talks to buy unit of ailing French tech group Atos

      Paris has been closely following restructuring efforts of group that provides information systems for military

      Daniel Křetínský
    • Tuesday, 1 August, 2023
      Niger
      France to evacuate EU citizens from Niger after military coup

      President Mohamed Bazoum, regarded as the west’s staunchest ally in the Sahel, was overthrown last week

      Nigeriens participate in a march called by supporters of coup leader Gen. Abdourahmane Tchiani in Niamey, Niger
    • Monday, 31 July, 2023
      Niger
      Niger junta accuses ousted government of authorising French military attack

      Paris expected to ‘tread very carefully’ given level of anti-French and anti-western sentiment in Sahel region

      Pro-junta demonstrators outside the French embassy in Niamey
    • Monday, 31 July, 2023
      News in-depthAltice Europe NV
      Altice fraud arrests throw spotlight on Drahi’s elusive right-hand man

      Co-founder and key troubleshooter Armando Pereira was kept away from investors

      Montage of Altice logo, Armando Pereira and Patrick Drahi
    • Friday, 28 July, 2023
      Airlines
      British Airways owner IAG and Air France-KLM report record profits

      Airline earnings boosted by soaring demand for travel, higher fares and continued recovery from Covid-19 crisis

      A British Airways plane lands at London Heathrow Airport
    • Thursday, 27 July, 2023
      French politics
      Macron hits out at ‘a new imperialism’ in Indo-Pacific

      French president tours region where China has been extending its influence

      French president Emmanuel Macron giving a speech in Port Vila, Vanuatu
    • Thursday, 27 July, 2023
      BNP Paribas SA
      BNP Paribas faces US fine over messaging violations

      Earnings at eurozone’s biggest bank beat forecasts but hit by litigation and restructuring costs

      Steps from a metro station lead to the headquarters of BNP Paribas
    • Wednesday, 26 July, 2023
      Stellantis
      Stellantis to deepen cost cuts to fend off Chinese carmakers’ ‘invasion’ in Europe

      Fiat owner posts record first-half revenues but chief executive warns Chinese EVs are 25% cheaper

      A Fiat 500 Bvlgari
    • Wednesday, 26 July, 2023
      Europe Express
      Putin’s war spiel fails to drum up interest from Africa’s leaders Premium content

      Also in today’s newsletter: Macron offers the Pacific an alternative to US vs China

      Vladimir Putin talks to Cyril Ramaphosa
    • Tuesday, 25 July, 2023
      Telecoms
      Altice co-founder placed under house arrest in Portugal in corruption probe

      Armando Pereira suspected of being involved in scheme to rig telecoms and media group’s local procurement processes

      Armando Pereira, Altice co-founder
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