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French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday hailed Paris Saint-Germain's Champions League-winning squad during a lavish reception at the Elysée Palace in Paris.

Liberal Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski appeared set to narrowly win Poland's presidential election on Sunday, according to an exit poll, in a vote seen as a test of the nation's support for a pro-European course versus Donald Trump-style nationalism.

The French state continues to deny responsibility in the chlordecone scandal, after authorising the use of the pesticide for years in banana plantations in Martinique and Guadeloupe. RFI met with several victims who are calling those responsible to account and seeking compensation.

An estimated 100,000 fans packed the Champs-Elysees on Sunday to cheer the Paris Saint-Germain players and staff as they paraded the Champions League trophy in the French capital.

With its strong social safety net, France has not traditionally been a country with a strong culture of volunteerism. But that may be changing, with a new initiative to encourage people to give an hour of their time each month to help their neighbours.

Half of France's regional languages are considered 'seriously endangered' according to Unesco, but in the west of the country, where the decline in Breton speakers has accelerated in recent years, a network of schools is fighting the decline.

Paris Saint-Germain's Champions League-winning squad will show off European club football's most prestigious trophy during a victory parade on Sunday afternoon along the Champs-Elysées in Paris.

For its 22nd edition, the La Gacilly Photo Festival in western France is honouring big names in British photography including Martin Parr, Terry O’Neill and Don McCullin.

Jannik Sinner said he was on a time-saving mission as Daria Kasatkina let us in on the intricacies of portraying fun and games on the women's circuit.

In a sign of the growing security nerves in Europe, France has embarked on a $1.7 billion (€1.5 billion) renovation of an air base in remote hills in the east of the country so it can handle nuclear-armed bombers.

Poland faces a razor-thin presidential run-off, with polls showing just a one to two per cent gap between the leading candidates: nationalist candidate Karol Nawrocki and liberal Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski, with a margin of error that leaves the outcome wide open. RFI spoke to veteran political observer Marcin Swiecicki,…