MAP: What are France’s high risk ‘Seveso’ sites and where are they? Why are the sites called ‘Seveso’ and which region has the most sites nationwide?
Macron to meet Musk amid bid for Tesla to open new factory in France The pair will also discuss artificial intelligence and the regulation of social media
Electric cars: northern France to become battery-making corridor Five huge factories are being built or planned. One manufacturer with Renault deal was only founded in the 2020 lockdown
news Explosion at Dordogne chemical factory: low pollution risk for locals Authorities responding at the Bergerac site have said that there was greater risk ‘in the explosion itself than the pollution it could create’
Floating phone inventor relocates handset factory from China to France Wage rises and Covid disruption in China prompted Crosscall’s French founder to build a smartphone factory in Aix-en-Provence
Toulouse remembers 31 killed in AZF factory explosion 20 years ago The blast was found to be caused by multiple factors including dangerous conditions. We explain how high-risk factories are protected in France and where they are