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Ian Johnston

Acting Paris Correspondent

Ian Johnston is a correspondent for the FT in France, focusing on energy, industry and finance. He has previously covered the pharmaceutical and technology industries from London, as well as the European Union from Brussels. He joined the FT in 2021.
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  • Thursday, 2 January, 2025
    Automobiles
    Job losses at Europe’s car parts suppliers soar as vehicle market slows

    Falling sales growth and excess capacity have led to sector pain that the EV transition is not easing

    Picket line at a Michelin tyre plant in France
  • Wednesday, 1 January, 2025
    Ivory Coast
    Ivory Coast announces withdrawal of French troops

    Reduction of military presence is latest sign of weakening western influence in region

    French troops parade in Abidjan
  • Tuesday, 31 December, 2024
    French politics
    Macron issues mea culpa over French legislative elections

    President says he takes responsibility for instability caused by dissolving parliament

    French President Emmanuel Macron is seen on a television screen as he delivers his New Year’s speech to the nation
  • Sunday, 29 December, 2024
    European equities
    French stock market on track for worst showing since Eurozone crisis

    Politics and luxury goods weigh on benchmark Cac 40 index

    A trading floor inside the Euronext NV stock exchange in Paris, France
  • Tuesday, 24 December, 2024
    News in-depthBiotech
    UK biotech takes on personalised cancer therapy side effects

    Autolus hopes its less gruelling Car-T treatment for a type of leukaemia will allow it to compete with bigger rivals

    A training laboratory at Autolus in Stevenage
  • Thursday, 19 December, 2024
    ExplainerAutomobiles
    What are the bumps in the road to a Honda-Nissan merger?

    Deal terms, Renault’s position, differing cultures and a possible rival bidder could all upset plans for a combination

    Montage of a Nissan and Honda car
  • Tuesday, 17 December, 2024
    Credit Agricole SA
    Crédit Agricole chooses veteran Gavalda as next chief executive

    New boss of France’s second-largest bank faces challenging domestic economy and threats in Italy

    A woman walks past a Credit Agricole logo as she enters a bank office in Reze, near Nantes, France
  • Monday, 16 December, 2024
    Natural disasters
    Many feared dead as cyclone hits French territory of Mayotte

    Ferocious winds from storm Chido strike island after ‘incredibly high’ temperatures in Indian Ocean

    Rescue workers attempt to clear a blocked road, in the aftermath of Cyclone Chido, in Mayotte, France
  • Saturday, 14 December, 2024
    France
    Moody’s downgrades France’s credit rating over political turmoil

    Agency’s warning of weakening public finances underlines challenges facing new prime minister François Bayrou

    Francois Bayrou
  • Saturday, 14 December, 2024
    French politics
    Bayrou appointed French prime minister

    Emmanuel Macron chooses ally as he seeks to stabilise political turmoil but faces Moody’s downgrade

    French Prime Minister François Bayrou, left, with President Emmanuel Macron
  • Friday, 13 December, 2024
    News in-depthFrançois Bayrou
    ‘The original centrist’: France’s new prime minister seizes his moment

    An early Macron ally and admirer of Henri IV, François Bayrou will have to navigate parliamentary turmoil

    Francois Bayrou, France’s incoming prime ministe
  • Thursday, 12 December, 2024
    The Big Read
    Could weight-loss drugs treat other chronic diseases?

    Initial research has focused on obesity, but Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro may potentially be used for addiction, heart disease and Alzheimer’s

    A montage of the human organs overlaid with Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly logos
  • Wednesday, 11 December, 2024
    French politics
    Corporate France faces up to new era of political dysfunction

    Government’s collapse over budget deepens uncertainty for business

    Michel Barnier, left, and Emmanuel Macron
  • Thursday, 5 December, 2024
    Aircraft manufacturing
    Safran warns of Trump tariff hit to aerospace sector

    French jet-engine maker sets ‘exceptionally conservative’ forecasts

    Assembly workers on Safran production line
  • Wednesday, 4 December, 2024
    News in-depthFrench politics
    Macron faced with difficult choices after French government falls

    President must find a new prime minister who can pass a budget by year’s end

    A montage of Marine Le Pen, Michel Barnier and Emmanuel Macron with the facade of the French parliament in the background
  • Wednesday, 4 December, 2024
    Stellantis
    Stellantis chief’s exit pay deal to be less than last year’s €36.5mn package

    Large part of Carlos Tavares’ performance-based remuneration lost due to the car company’s declining profits

    Former Stellantis chief executive Carlos Tavares waves before getting into a car in Atessa, Italy in January 2024
  • Monday, 2 December, 2024
    News in-depthStellantis
    Why Stellantis chief Carlos Tavares was axed

    Portuguese boss refused to budge on pace of EV transition as cries from suppliers, workers and government grew louder

    Carlos Tavares poses at the production line of the new Peugeot e-3008 and e-5008 electric car at the Stellantis car factory
  • Sunday, 1 December, 2024
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    Pharma deals fall to lowest level in almost a decade

    Experts forecast Trump administration could usher in new era of mergers and acquisitions among drugmakers

    research scientist Tony Huang works in a laboratory at Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. in San Diego.
  • Friday, 29 November, 2024
    News in-depthFrench politics
    Le Pen turns screws on Barnier in French budget showdown

    Far-right leader believes brinkmanship will pay political dividends

    montage of Michel Barnier and Marine Le Pen
  • Thursday, 28 November, 2024
    French economy
    Is France heading for a Greek-style debt crisis?

    Investors have been rattled by political paralysis and parlous public finances

    Montage of charts and the Arc de Triomphe in Paris
  • Sunday, 17 November, 2024
    Novo Nordisk AS
    Novo Nordisk readies trial results for next-generation weight-loss drug

    Danish company expects data to show that CagriSema cuts weight by 25 per cent in just over a year

    Employees work on the production line at the Novo Nordisk factory
  • Friday, 15 November, 2024
    Robert F Kennedy Jr.
    Vaccine stocks hit by RFK Jr nomination

    GSK, Sanofi and Moderna shares all sink after Donald Trump chooses vaccine sceptic as top US health official

    A vial labelled Sanofi GSK Covid-19 vaccine
  • Thursday, 14 November, 2024
    Diabetes
    Diabetics left without treatment as global rate of disease doubles

    Sharp rise in cases over 30 years compounded by millions of people lacking access to medication, Lancet study finds

    Someone using glucometer, checking blood sugar level
  • Thursday, 14 November, 2024
    Pharmaceuticals sector
    GSK hails progress for withdrawn blood cancer drug

    UK pharma group posts ‘statistically significant’ trial results for Blenrep when combined with another treatment

    The GSK logo
  • Thursday, 14 November, 2024
    Smith & Nephew PLC
    Big investors call for break-up of Smith & Nephew

    Medical devices company should consider spinning off orthopaedics unit, say three top-20 shareholders

    Smith and Nephew logo
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