With its eight cultural centers in Aix, Brest, Dijon, Montpellier, Nantes, Nice, Paris and Tours the Federation on Franco-German cultural centers manages the administration and organisation of the French competition since 2012. The competition is supported by the French Association of History and Geography Teachers (APHG), the Franco-German Youth Office (OFAJ-DFJW) and Körber Stiftung.

The pilot competition was launched in 2012 and has since evolved into the history competition EUSTORY-France, open for students from both France and Germany. The aim of the competition is to encourage young people (aged 13+)  to investigate their own local and regional history and place it in a wider context. Students are not only encouraged to work individually in their own language or within a mononational group of peers, but they are also invited to collaborate with students from the partner country to develop a bilingual contribution. Research papers are accepted as well as audio or visual projects, exhibitions, blogs, websites or any creative approach.