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Leila Abboud

Paris bureau chief

Leila Abboud is the Paris bureau chief for the Financial Times. She joined the Financial Times in 2018 as the consumer industries correspondent, and has more than a decade of experience covering business in Europe. She has also been an opinion columnist at Bloomberg, and a reporter at Reuters and the Wall Street Journal.
Email Leila Abboud @labboudles  on Twitter (link opens in a new browser window)
  • Sunday, 1 June, 2025
    Paris Saint-Germain Football Club
    PSG’s Champions League victory marred by violence in Paris

    Nearly 500 arrested after looters raid shops in the Champs-Élysées area and burn cars in the city

    Riot police protect themselves during clashes with fans on the Champs-Élysées in Paris
  • Thursday, 29 May, 2025
    Education
    French business schools fast-track entry for foreign students blocked from US

    Institutions seek to lure elite scholars who fear being caught up by tougher US visa rules

    A crowd gathers outside the Science Center on the Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts, during a rally in support of international students. A supporter holds a sign reading ‘MAGA Will Be Coming For You Next’
  • Wednesday, 28 May, 2025
    Telegram
    Musk’s xAI agrees Telegram tie-up as billionaire ‘bromance’ blooms

    Messaging app’s 1bn users will gain access to Grok chatbot after Tesla chief met founder Pavel Durov

    A montage of Pavel Durov with the Telegram logo and US dollars in the background
  • Wednesday, 28 May, 2025
    Europe Express
    Zelenskyy meets Merz to shore up support amid Trump uncertainty Premium content

    Also in this newsletter: French National Assembly backs assisted dying bill

    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
  • Monday, 26 May, 2025
    French politics
    Macron touts France as ‘reliable’ partner for south-east Asia

    French president’s visit to Vietnam, Indonesia and Singapore will portray Paris as more respectful than US or China

    Emmanuel Macron and Luong Cuong shake hands during a meeting
  • Tuesday, 20 May, 2025
    World
    France and Germany urge EU to scrap supply chain rules

    Leaders say regulation aimed at protecting workers and climate outside bloc will harm economic competitiveness

    French President Emmanuel Macron gestures as he speaks at the Choose France summit near Paris on Monday
  • Monday, 19 May, 2025
    French politics
    French conservatives pick hardliner to lead them into 2027 election

    Interior minister Bruno Retailleau has emulated far right on migration and crime

    Bruno Retailleau at Les Republicains’ headquarters on May 18 2025
  • Saturday, 17 May, 2025
    Person in the News
    Juliette Binoche, the French star slaying film’s sacred monsters

    The 61-year-old has managed to remain a beloved figure in the cut-throat movie industry while embracing activist causes

    Joe Cummings illustration of Person in the News Juliette Binoche.
  • Wednesday, 14 May, 2025
    EU defence
    Macron open to stationing French nuclear weapons in other European nations

    French president in talks with Germany and Poland over whether warheads can protect them against Russia

    French President Macron gives a TV interview on TF1 in Saint-Denis, France on Tuesday
  • Tuesday, 13 May, 2025
    War in Ukraine
    Zelenskyy to travel to Turkey for peace talks regardless of Putin’s plans

    Ukrainian president puts onus on Russian counterpart to engage in Istanbul

    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at a news conference in Kyiv, Ukraine on May 13 2025
  • Tuesday, 13 May, 2025
    Kim Kardashian
    Kim Kardashian testifies about trauma of being robbed in Paris

    US celebrity recalls 2016 burglary in which she was tied up and held at gunpoint while thieves stole €9mn worth of jewellery

    Kim Kardashian waves as she arrives to testify at the Palais de Justice in Paris on Tuesday
  • Saturday, 10 May, 2025
    News in-depthFrench society
    France grapples with MeToo legacy ahead of Gérard Depardieu verdict

    Actor accused of groping women decries ‘terror’ as cultural sector faces claims of endemic sexism and abuse

    French actor Gérard Depardieu arrives in Paris for his trial
  • Wednesday, 7 May, 2025
    EU defence
    France and Germany to set up joint security council

    Paris hopes Chancellor Friedrich Merz will bring new dynamism to European defence projects

    German chancellor Friedrich Merz, left, and French President Emmanuel Macron stand behind podiums, with the German, Eurozone and French flags between them, in the Élysée Palace in Paris, France, on May 7 2025
  • Monday, 5 May, 2025
    Eutelsat SA
    Eutelsat names new chief as Europe’s Starlink rival seeks to unlock funding

    Outgoing CEO confirms company is looking ‘to adjust our governance and shareholder structure’

    Eva Berneke
  • Friday, 2 May, 2025
    Football
    French football league settles rights dispute with DAZN

    Agreement allows Ligue 1 to explore deals with other broadcasters or potentially show games itself

    DAZN logo on a microphone
  • Friday, 2 May, 2025
    InterviewLunch with the FT
    Far-left leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon: ‘I am perfectly adapted to France’

    The firebrand politician on stoking a ‘citizen revolution’, the effects of US policy — and whether he will run for president in 2027

    A watercolour illustration of an older man wearing glasses, a red tie and black jacket, against a backdrop of a restaurant with diners and wall lamps in washed-out yellow
  • Friday, 2 May, 2025
    EU defence
    France and Poland deepen defence ties in signal to Putin and Trump

    Leaders Emmanuel Macron and Donald Tusk set to sign wide-ranging pact next week

    Poland’s PM Donald Tusk and French President Emmanuel Macron at the Élysée Palace in Paris in February
  • Friday, 25 April, 2025
    François Bayrou
    Child abuse scandal engulfs French prime minister

    François Bayrou’s daughter says she was beaten at Catholic school where other alleged victims described sexual abuse

    François Bayrou speaking, surrounded by numerous microphones
  • Wednesday, 23 April, 2025
    Kering SA
    Kering sales slump as crisis deepens at Gucci

    Investors send shares lower, worsening the group’s underperformance versus luxury rivals

    A customer walking past Gucci store in Paris, France in April 2025
  • Saturday, 19 April, 2025
    Football
    French football teeters as deal with broadcaster DAZN breaks down

    Fight between UK-based media group and country’s top-flight league threatens cash crunch at smaller clubs

    Paris Saint-Germain’s players celebrate winning the French championship
  • Friday, 18 April, 2025
    War in Ukraine
    Trump will abandon Ukraine peace talks ‘in days’ without progress, warns Rubio

    Warning comes after Emmanuel Macron hosted US, Ukraine and other allies for round of negotiations

    Steve Witkoff, Keith Kellogg, Marco Rubio, Andriy Yermak, Andrii Sybiha and Rustem Umerov are seated together in a diplomatic meeting room
  • Tuesday, 15 April, 2025
    EU immigration
    UK and France in talks over a migrant returns agreement

    Britain would be able to deport one person in exchange for the French sending another individual the other way

    A crowded inflatable boat carrying a large group of migrants wearing life jackets and warm clothing, struggling to stay balanced as they cross a body of water
  • Tuesday, 15 April, 2025
    French economy
    France risks ‘irreversible’ harm from overspending, PM warns

    François Bayrou urges clean-up of public finances but faces a vote of no confidence if opposition object to budget cuts

    François Bayrou
  • Tuesday, 15 April, 2025
    Ryanair Holdings PLC
    Ryanair warns aircraft deliveries at risk from tariff chaos

    Airlines and manufacturers prepare for stand-off over cost of levies

    A Boeing passenger jet operated by Ryanair
  • Monday, 14 April, 2025
    News in-depthMBDA Missile Systems
    Missile maker MBDA hits snags in effort to re-arm Europe

    Manufacturer of Storm Shadow or Scalp missiles has increased production but inefficiencies hinder expansion efforts

    Aster B1 NT missile
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