French

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Modest gains for banks and luxury groups help the French CAC 40 rise 0.3%.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

It was a plan hatched in 2017 by then German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, and a freshly elected French President, Emmanuel Macron.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

Modest gains for banks and luxury groups helped the French CAC 40 rise 0.3%.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

When asked by a French reporter if he was worried about Mbappe's international form heading into the World Cup, Deschamps gave it short shrift.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

George’s ancestors had lived in this part of the world for millennia and had been the ones to greet the first French trappers who ventured north from Montreal in the 1600s.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz