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If you are a student, look for Europresse on your university library's website, which carries Le Figaro for free. Otherwise, a Lyon library card (€18 a year, open to anyone) gives you Le Figaro in Cafeyn, and the BnF's €24 yearly pass gives you its Europresse text from home.

France

Library

Le Figaro in Europresse with a BnF pass

Pass BnF lecture/culture: €24/year; €15 for under-26s and students under 35; free for job seekers and people on social benefits

The Bibliothèque nationale de France lists Le Figaro in its Europresse database, with articles since 1996. Holders of a yearly pass can use Europresse and about a hundred other databases from home. You can buy the pass online.

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Library

Le Figaro in Cafeyn with a Lyon library card

Biblyo card: €18/year or €9 for 4 months (26 and over); €5 for 4 months (ages 18-25)

The Bibliothèque municipale de Lyon names Le Figaro among the titles you can read in Cafeyn, its digital newsstand. Online press comes with the Biblyo card or the Carte Culture, not the free Connexion card. Anyone can join, wherever they live, and you can register online and have the card posted to you.

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Library app

Le Figaro on PressReader at the BnF

Needs a BnF reader account and a visit to the library

The BnF lists Le Figaro among the 7,000 papers and magazines in its PressReader service. You install the PressReader app and download issues while you are in the BnF, then you can read them anywhere for seven days.

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School / university

Le Figaro in Europresse through your university

Free for students and staff

Europresse carries Le Figaro, and many French universities subscribe to it. Université Paris Cité, for example, lets its students and staff use Europresse around the clock from home or on library computers with their university account. Search your library's website for Europresse.

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Free articles

Free articles in the Le Figaro app

Free

The Le Figaro app is free to download. Le Figaro says its newsroom offers several hundred articles a day in the free app; a subscription is needed to read every article.

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Intro offer

First month for €0.99 in the Le Figaro app

€0.99 for the first month, then €11.99/month (Access), €16.99/month (Premium) or €21.99/month (Premium+)

Access gives every article. Premium adds three accounts and the Figaro Jeux and Figaro Cuisine apps. Premium+ adds the subscriber newsletters, Le Figaro Histoire, the Hors-Série and Santé titles, and a family pack of five accounts. Le Figaro says you are free to cancel. These are App Store prices, billed through your Apple account; we could not check the prices on lefigaro.fr.

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Other

Share one Premium plan with your household

Included in Premium (€16.99/month) or Premium+ (€21.99/month)

Premium covers three accounts and Premium+ a family pack of five, so one subscription can cover several people at home. The app also lets subscribers invite people close to them to read all articles with their subscription.

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Other

Buy one day's paper in the Kiosque Figaro app

€1.99 for a single daily paper; €4.99 for a weekly subscription

The Kiosque Figaro app has the print edition of Le Figaro and its magazines. You can buy a single daily paper or a weekly subscription in the app; monthly plans are €14.99 and €19.99, with no minimum term. Premium subscribers get the daily paper and magazines at no extra cost.

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Netherlands

Library app

Le Figaro on PressReader at Bibliotheek Maastricht

Free, even for non-members

Bibliotheek Maastricht names Le Figaro among the papers on PressReader. Connect to the Wi-Fi at Centre Céramique, download issues in the PressReader app, and read them anywhere for 7 days.

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Belgium

School / university

Le Figaro in Europresse at the University of Liège

Free for ULiège members

The University of Liège names Le Figaro among the French titles in Europresse, which its students and staff can read free through the university library. From home, connect through the university VPN first. Other Belgian universities may offer Europresse too.

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Germany

Library app

Le Figaro on PressReader at Stadtbibliothek Köln

Free with a library card; a 12-month card is €30 (€15 for students and trainees, free under 21)

Cologne's city library lists Le Figaro among the foreign papers on PressReader, with the last three months of issues. You sign in with your library card number and PIN. You can apply online with a BundID if you live, work or study in the Cologne area.

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Questions

Partly. The free Le Figaro app offers several hundred articles a day, but you need a subscription to read every article.

In the iPhone app, every plan costs €0.99 for the first month. After that, Access is €11.99 a month, Premium €16.99 and Premium+ €21.99. We could not check the prices on lefigaro.fr, which may differ.

We could not confirm one on an official Le Figaro page. Students can often read Le Figaro free through Europresse at their university library, and the BnF pass costs €15 a year for under-26s and students under 35.

Yes. The BnF offers Le Figaro in Europresse from home to pass holders and on PressReader, and Lyon's libraries offer it in Cafeyn to Biblyo and Carte Culture holders. Outside France, Stadtbibliothek Köln and Bibliotheek Maastricht carry it on PressReader.

Yes. The Kiosque Figaro app sells a single daily paper for €1.99, or a weekly subscription for €4.99.