Editing France 24 (section)

===Long-term goals===
France 24 aims to compete with leading English-language international news channels [[BBC World News]] and [[CNN International]]. Its intention is to put more emphasis on debate, dialogue and the role of cultural differences. It also competes with [[Deutsche Welle]], [[Al Jazeera English]], and [[NHK World]] news channels. The Arabic programming competes with [[Al Jazeera Media Network|Al Jazeera]]'s Arabic service, [[RT Arabic]], [[BBC Arabic Television|BBC Arabic]] and [[Sky News Arabia]]. A new Spanish channel for the Latin American market launched in September 2017,<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-09-26|title=FRANCE 24, now in Spanish!|url=https://www.france24.com/en/20170926-media-france-24-now-spanish-join-us-live-launch-inaugural-broadcast-bogota|access-date=2021-02-27|website=France 24|language=en}}</ref> competing with [[CNN en Español]], [[DW (Español)]], [[NTN24]], [[Telesur|TeleSUR]], [[RT en Español|RT en español]] and [[CGTN Spanish]].

The French government allocated around €100&nbsp;million for the project. The [[European Commission]] gave the green light to France 24 in June 2006, saying it did not breach [[European Union]] state-aid rules.