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Football star Benzema files defamation complaint against French minister

A tough-talking right-winger with designs on the French presidency, criticised Benzema after the former France striker and 2022 Ballon d’Or winner posted on X (formerly Twitter) in mid-October in support of the inhabitants of Gaza, who, he claimed, were victims of “…[Read more]

‘Natalist injunctions’: Macron sparks uproar with call to revive France’s birth rate

During a press conference on Tuesday, Macron said France needed to pursue what he called “demographic rearmament”.

The president pledged to offer better parental leave and combat infertility – which he called “the taboo of the century”.

“Leave our uteruses a…[Read more]

French booze-free January falls flat with Macron government

France’s President Emmanuel Macron has been accused of caving in to the wine lobby by failing to lend his weight to an alcohol-free “Dry January”.

Fifty specialists on addiction wrote an open letter this week, lamenting the lack of government support for the post-festivity no-drinks…[Read more]

France drops renewables targets, prioritises nuclear in new energy bill

like other EU countries, aims to achieve carbon neutrality in 2050.

The proposed text, which is slated to go before the cabinet early next month and then be submitted to lawmakers, reaffirms France’s commitment to nuclear power to ensure “energy sovereignty”.

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Gabriel Attal becomes France’s youngest and first openly gay premier

“The president of the republic appointed Mr. Gabriel Attal prime minister and tasked him with forming a government,” read a presidential statement issued on Tuesday.

Gabriel Attal rose to prominence as the government spokesman and education minister. He is France’s first o…[Read more]

France’s new PM Attal to choose cabinet as Macron eyes political reset

French President Emmanuel Macron and his new Prime Minister Gabriel Attal worked on Wednesday to pull together a cabinet, a day after Macron appointed the 34-year-old media-savvy loyalist to breathe new life into his second term.

Attal has promised to be bold and fast to help…[Read more]

Macron hosts Hungary’s Orban in bid to unlock EU support for Ukraine

French President Emmanuel Macron meets Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Thursday in a bid to break the deadlock ahead of an EU summit after the Hungarian leader threatened to block further backing for Ukraine.

Hanukkah ceremony at Elysée sparks secularism backlash against Macron

After the chief rabbi of France lit a Hannukah candle in Emmanuel Macron’s company at the presidential palace, all the opposition parties have criticized a breach of French secularism, as has the head of the Representative Council of French Jewish Institutions.

A Hanukkah…[Read more]

A culpable apathy to the ‘normalization’ of Le Pen’s Rassemblement National

For the first time, 43% of French people surveyed think that the Rassemblement National, a party with xenophobic and authoritarian aims, is capable of participating in government. Hardly anyone among the political and social forces is bothering to expose its…[Read more]

Le Pen, her party, and 26 people will be tried over fake European Parliament jobs

Two investigating judges referred Marine Le Pen, the Front National party (now called Rassemblement National), and 26 other people on Friday, December 8, to the Paris criminal court. All are suspected to have taken part in a system of misappropriation of European…[Read more]

Macron asks to transform the way research is organized in France

Emmanuel Macron announced the creation of a ‘presidential council’ to advise him on the progress of science, and has given research organizations and universities 18 months to ‘restore clarity’ in the war France’s scientific community is organized.

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What is the Martel Division, the neonazi group banned by the French government?

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Some French ski resorts open ahead of schedule, but only at high altitude

A few French high-altitude ski resorts opened ahead of schedule Saturday, just days after storms in the northern Alps wiped out some early snows.

Tignes and Val Thorens, which have many runs above 2,000 metres, were the first downhill resorts to open. Cross country trails…[Read more]

Macron tells Netanyahu ‘too many civilian losses’ in Israel’s war on Gaza

French President Emmanuel Macron has told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu there were “too many civilian losses” in Israel’s war in Gaza, as Paris readied more humanitarian aid for the besieged enclave.

Israel has said it wants to destroy the Palestinian…[Read more]

The migrant families camping in front of a Paris school

Right in the center of the French capital, a dozen migrant families set up tents every night and dismantle them at dawn, before the pupils arrive. Paris’s emergency shelter hotline is overwhelmed, as winter arrives.

The colorful tents were packed so tightly that they were touching. On the…[Read more]

France test-fires long-range ballistic missile to boost nuclear deterrence

France has successfully test-fired an M51.3 long-range ballistic missile, boosting the credibility of France’s nuclear deterrence capabilities, the defence ministry said on Sunday.

The missile, which did not carry a nuclear weapon, was fired from the French army’s Bis…[Read more]

Napoleon hat fetches record $2.1m at Paris auction

A hat belonging to Napoleon Bonaparte when he was French emperor has sold for a record of nearly two million euros at a French auction.

The black beaver felt hat went for 1.932 million euros ($2.1 million) on Sunday at the Drouot auction house, breaking the previous record for a Napoleonic hat…[Read more]

French Senate debates compensation for gay men jailed under homophobic laws

An estimated 60,000 gay men were convicted by French courts between 1942 and 1982 under homophobic laws that were repealed just four decades ago. On Wednesday, French senators will discuss a bill acknowledging France’s role in the persecution of homosexuals and offering c…[Read more]

What we know about the French senator accused of drugging an MP in attempted sex assault

French Senator Joël Guerriau is facing preliminary charges of drugging a fellow lawmaker with the intent to commit “rape or sexual assault”, prosecutors confirmed Friday, in a case that has shocked France. Guerriau was suspended from both his Horizons part…[Read more]