Paris government

France's finance minister has pledged to keep electricity costs in check for consumers as European energy prices soar.    

The Paris government has put in place an energy price cap to shield households until Dec. 31 and Bruno Le Maire said that next year, expected hikes would be "contained increases".    

Franck Riester is being treated at his home and is "feeling well", the Paris government said after it became clear that the minister of culture was among the coronavirus infected, AFP reports.

It is not clear where Riester got infected, but he went to parliament for several days, and there were confirmed cases of coronavirus.