Germany's DAX index rose 0.9% to 7144.45, while France's CAC-40 index finished 0.4% higher at 3580.21.
In Europe, Germany's benchmark DAX index sunk a significant 10.8%, while France's CAC40 fell 10.0%.
For while France is cutting its science budget, Britain plans to increase its own.
It has Tamiflu for less than 1% of its population, while France has enough for 24%.
Britain's GDP forecast was cut to 2% from 2.4%, while France's was reduced to 2.3% from 2.7%.
While France, Germany and the United Kingdom recorded two-digit growth, Italy and Spain failed to match this level.
The U.K. had 24%, while France, the first country to impose the droit de suite, had a measly 4%.
Germany said the UK could not "cherry-pick" while France said "a la carte" membership was not on the table.
Britain's FTSE 100 index ended the day 1.2%, lower, while France's CAC-40 sank 1.8%, and Germany's DAX closed down 1.3%.
While France refuses to extradite anyone to a country with the death penalty, it is a member of the antiterrorism alliance.
In addition, many of our laboratories studying nuclear fusion are closing, while France plans to open a nuclear-fusion reactor in 2019.
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Spain's inflation rate slowed to 3.9% in the year to July from 4.2% in June, while France's was unchanged at 2.1%.
While France's President Mitterrand told Mrs Thatcher he agreed with her, he was at a loss as to what they could do.
Can countries like Ukraine or Belarus be blamed for wondering what Europe can offer them while France, a founder member, is so unsure itself?
Germany's DAX 30 index gained 2.4% for its best day in five months, while France's CAC-40 jumped 3.6% for its biggest gain since last August.
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Germany's DAX advanced 0.9% on the day and 0.4% for February, to 7741.70, while France's CAC-40 added 0.9%, for a 0.3% monthly gain to 3723.00.
Tunisian state television said universities had been ordered to suspend lectures on Saturday and Sunday, while France said it would close its schools in Tunis.
Russia beat France 3-2 in the final last year, while France won by the same score in the 2003 semi-final before beating the USA in the final.
The countries that made the biggest outlays in the U.S. last year were Germany and the U.K., while France and the rest of Europe scaled back their new investments.
The Welsh need to beat Ireland by 13 points at the Millennium Stadium to win the title, while France, who play England on Sunday, are also still in the mix.
The women's hammer throw gold, meanwhile, went to Russia's Tatyana Lysenko, while France's Renaud Lavillenie narrowly bested a pair of competitors from Germany to win gold in the men's pole vault.
Germany's DAX soared 1.9%, while France's CAC-40 rallied 2%.
Investors have also been speculating that Premiere could be a bid target of private equity firms, and other media companies, while France's Vivendi has been cited in several reports as one potential acquirer.
America and Britain made it clear at the G8 summit that they want to see NATO troops involved in Iraq, while France said it did not see a role there for the alliance.
On a trip to France, Russia's president, Dmitry Medvedev, started formal talks on the sale of up to four Mistral-class warships, while France's GDF Suez gained a 9% stake in the Nord Stream pipeline.
Its closely-watched composite purchasing managers' index (PMI), which tracks both the services and manufacturing sectors, also suggested that Germany's economy slowed to "near stagnation" last month, while France's recorded its biggest contraction for four years.
The German economy grew 0.3% on a seasonally adjusted basis in the second quarter, topping forecasts of a 0.2% rise, while France's economy stagnated in the quarter but still topped expectations of a 0.1% contraction.
This is remarkable, given the different approaches that France and Britain have taken towards their nuclear deterrents (Britain depends heavily on American kit, while France's force de frappe is a supreme symbol of national sovereignty).
Europe's 50 leading shares were up 0.4% at 2, 442.14 points on Tuesday afternoon, with a mixed performance among the region's main indexes: Britain's FTSE 100 was down 0.3% while France's Cac-40 was flat and Germany's Dax rose 0.8%.
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