Eight French airports hit by security alerts
Eight French airports faced security alerts on Wednesday and several were evacuated for checks, the DGAC aviation authority said, and the Palace of Versailles closed…
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Crisis in French left-wing alliance over refusal to label Hamas ‘terrorists’
The Socialist Party (PS) in France has voted for a "moratorium" on its participation in the New People's Ecological and Social Union (Nupes), the French left-wing…
Macron says France will be ‘merciless’ when deporting foreign extremists
French President Emmanuel Macron has said his country will be "merciless" in deporting foreign extremists residing in France.
French troops withdraw from Niger
France has started to withdraw its troops based in Niger.
Greens clobbered in Luxembourg elections
The Liberal-led coalition in Luxembourg has lost its majority, ushering in the likely return of the Christian Democrat CSV party, which has been led for almost two…
ANALYSIS: Strained France-Germany ties slow EU decision making
The sight of French President Emmanuel Macron and his cabinet drinking beers on a boat with their German counterparts in Hamburg this week will project an image…
Cohabiting with bed-bugs and rats: What Paris’s current infestation says about France and the state of its politics
Punaise! is an old-fashioned slangy French exclamation — its meaning not unadjacent to WTF?
Sacré bleu: ‘No English in adverts!’ demand defenders of the French language
A campaign is underway in France against the use of English in advertisements.
French Socialists bury left-wing unity list for European Parliament elections
The head of the French Socialist Party, Olivier Faure, said he does not want to be part of a united left-wing list ahead of the European Parliament elections in…
European Socialists are ‘cowards’
European Socialists are cowards, former French Prime Minister Manuel Valls told a Brussels soirée last week.
Don’t panic! French minister urges calm as bedbug plague bites Paris and Brussels
France's health minister has urged the public not to panic as both France and Belgium succumb to a plague of blood-sucking bedbugs.
Infighting erupts among French hard Left Nupes alliance members
Less than a year before the European elections, parties in the New Ecological and Social People's Union (Nupes), a hard-Left electoral political alliance, are turning…
Macron bypasses parliament vote on budget with maligned tool
French President Emmanuel Macron is bypassing parliament votes to push ahead with his plans to cut debt, boost green and defence spending, and secure access to billions…
France’s new Immigration Bill won’t be enough to stop Marine Le Pen
“No matter how much I try to imagine my grandfathers and great-grandfathers setting fire to other workers' cars, it just doesn’t work. #why”
European Parliament anti-Islamophobia event attendees slam France for abaya ban
Participants in an anti-Islamophobia event at the European Parliament have slammed France over its recent ban on Islamic dress in schools.
Paris prosecutors want to try Marine Le Pen and 26 others over alleged misuse of European public funds
The Paris Public Prosecutor's Office said on September 22 that Marine Le Pen and 26 people affiliated with her Rassemblement National Party should stand trial over…
UK’s King Charles III and Queen Camilla visit France
Britain's King Charles III and his wife Queen Camilla are on a state visit to France to underline the friendship between the United Kingdom and France.
UN chief lambasts France over Islamic-dress ban in schools
The head of the United Nations has lambasted France over its decision to ban certain types of Islamic dress in schools.
Dora Moutot: French journalist and activist discusses the violent state of France, the laziness of French media and the spread of self-censorship
Dora Moutot has been a journalist since 2012.
Macron mocked for page-long apology to video gamers
French President Emmanuel Macron has been mocked online after posting a 500-word apology to people who play video games.
How Macron lost Morocco, France’s best ally in Africa
As usual, Emmanuel Macron’s timing was atrocious.
A summer among the énarques: In this world nothing goes better with an infinity pool than a virulent dose of anti-Americanism
As an end-of-summer holiday, it was unexpected - and decidedly welcome.
Macron under pressure from both Left and Right on immigration bill
French President Emmanuel Macron’s government is coming under fire from both the Left and Right over its new immigration reform bill.
France has the ‘dumbest Left in the world’, Socialist Party official says
A senior member of France's Socialist Party has lambasted his own side of the political spectrum, claiming on September 4 that France has the "dumbest Left in the…
Macron government set to force through budget, bypassing parliament
The French Government looks set to bypass its parliament to force through the 2024 budget.
Rassemblement National leader Bardella to head its European elections list
The President of the right-wing French party Rassemblement National (RN), Jordan Bardella, announced on September 3 that he would head the party's list in the 2024…
French humanitarian convoy to Nagorno-Karabach blocked by Azerbaijan
A delegation of 15 French representatives visited the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan earlier this week in the hope of reaching the blockaded region of Nagorno-Karabakh,…
Presidential term limits are ‘disastrous bullshit’: Macron
Multiple sources have now confirmed that Macron lashed out at the concept of term limits, which are set to prevent him from seeking re-election in 2027.
French pupils wearing Islamic dress will be barred from class ‘from September 4’
Children who arrive at schools in France wearing Islamic clothing will be barred from classes "from Monday" September 4, Gabriel Attal, France's education minister…
French Government’s ‘preferendum’ idea raises eyebrows
The French Government's suggestion that so-called "preferendums" could be held in the coming years has raised eyebrows in the country, with many questioning how…